Plantas alimentícias não convencionais (PANCs) em comunidades rurais do município de Areia – PB.

Abstract

Non-conventional food plants (PANCs) can serve as food for people, however, in general, they are not or are little used for this purpose. Given the context, the objective was to rescue the use of these non-conversational plants through interviews and orality while maintaining the preservation of this practice widely used in the interviewees' childhood. The work was carried out in five rural communities that are located on the edge of the Mata do Pau Ferro State Park. The questionnaire used ranged from questions regarding living time, the main recipes made with these plants, among others. Although the use of these plants is being lost over time in some communities, it is in the interest of the vast majority that the use of them in recipes in the daily lives of families is recovered, as well as being healthy, it has great nutritional and cultural value.