Consumption Pattern of Wild Edible Green Leafy Vegetables Found in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria

Monsurat Bello (), Abiodun C. Olarewaju, Dupe Temilade Otolowo and Zeinab Bidemi Busari
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Monsurat Bello: International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, Postal: Department of Home Economics, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo 520, Nigeria, https://www.ijhhr.org/
Abiodun C. Olarewaju: International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, Postal: Department of Food Science and Technology, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Nigeria, https://www.ijhhr.org/
Dupe Temilade Otolowo: International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, Postal: Department of Food Science and Technology, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Nigeria, https://www.ijhhr.org/
Zeinab Bidemi Busari: International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, Postal: Department of Food Science and Technology, Mountain Top University, Ibafo, Nigeria, https://www.ijhhr.org/

International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 2024, vol. 3, issue 1, 103-116

Abstract: This study investigated the consumption pattern of wild edible green leafy vegetables found in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State using a descriptive survey research design. The sample size for this study was two hundred and eleven (211) respondents. A four-likert scale structured questionnaire containing twenty-four (24) items was used for data collection. Data were analysed using mean scores and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that ”Yarin,” “Worowo,” “Gbure,” and “Ebolo" are major wild edible green leafy vegetables found in the study area, and their consumption is quite low. The finding showed that wild edible green leafy vegetables have benefits such as alleviating malnutrition at no cost and can be a good source of income. The findings also showed that urbanisation's preference for cultivated vegetables over wild edible green leafy vegetables, as well as uncultured ideas like ignorance and poverty and well-researched information about cultivated leafy vegetables, are among the factors influencing the intake of wild edible green leafy vegetables. The findings of this study asserted that wild edible green leafy vegetables, when compared with cultivated ones, can alleviate malnutrition, prevent micronutrient deficiency, and equally serve as a source of income at little or no cost. Therefore, it was recommended that there is a need to explore, analyse, and document that wild green edible leafy vegetables are nutritious, health-promoting, and easy to cultivate, and bring out substantial yields even under difficult climatic and edaphic conditions.

Keywords: Consumption Pattern; Green Leafy Vegetable; Nutritional Qualities; Wild Edible (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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