Children's traditional ecological knowledge of wild food resources: a case study in a rural village in Northeast Thailand

摘要: Consuming wild foods is part of the food ways people in many societies, including farming populations throughout world. Knowledge non-domesticated resources traditional and tacit ecological knowledge, largely transmitted through socialization within cultural household contexts. The context this study, a small village Northeast Thailand, one where community has experienced changes due to migration parental generation, with children being left behind be raised by their grandparents. A case study approach was used order gain holistic in-depth insight into children's knowledge as well patterns how acquire regarding resources. Techniques during field data collection are free-listing conducted 30 use sub-sample for more research. For items consisted selection 20 species consisting 10 plants animals. Semi-structured interviews photo identification, informal participatory observation were utilized, both theoretical practical scored. covers eight households boys girls aged between 10–12 years old from migrant families non-migrant families. compared transmission process observed. result our shows that there no observable difference among who grandparents those parents, different channels taken consideration, particularly peers. basic ability (knowledge) naming remains children. However, especially about plants, some potential eroding.