Plant-based traditional foods and beverages of Gumare Village, Botswana

Table 4 Challenges concerning particular indigenous foods/dishes and beverages- response from Gumare village

Challenges	Indigenous foods/dishes and beverages
Challenges	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3
Time consuming		+	+		+		+	+		+		+	+	+	+	+		+			+			+		+	+	+	+
Time consuming and tedious																		+
Labour intensive	+					+					+	+	+					+				+
Seasonal ingredients						+						+								+					+	+
Uses a lot of firewood																	+
Risk from Alligators/Reptiles attacks when collecting fish			+						+
Danger from attack by reptiles e.g. snakes																			+				+
Danger from attack by wild animals														+
Danger from attack by predators when collecting raw materials in the veld				+									+
Danger from attack by wild animals when collecting fruits												+						+
Fermentation takes long time												+
Alcohol content not monitored												+						+

Where A = Beans (ditloo), B = Bogobe Jwa Phoka (grass), C = Bogobe Jwa Tlhapi, D = Bogobe Jwa Torobela (pumpkin), E = Boiled maraka, F = Dikgobe (beans and lechotlho), G = Dikgobe (beans, maize/samp), H = Dinawa + Thonga (groundnuts), I = Fish, J = Ghao powder + cows milk drink, K = Ipwaka, L = Khadi, M = Kwena, N = Leketa, O = Lengangale, P = Leswabi, Q = Maize beverage, R = Mberera, S = Mokolwane drink, T = Moretologa drink, U = Morula beer, V = Motlopi drink, W = Moxhinxha juice, X = Mushroom (lebowa), Y = Nkadi (Tsaro tuber), Z = Nyebu, 1 = Roasted ghao, 2 = Thepe (morogo/ relish), 3 = Tswii (water lily) and “ + ” = indicate challenge described toward a given indigenous foods/dishes and beverages

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