Table 4 Results of preference ranking exercise to identify the main causes for the depletion of wild edible plants in Raya-Azebo District
Factor | Informants | Total score | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |||
Agricultural expansion | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 1 |
Recurrent drought | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
Use of trees as firewood | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 2 |
Use of trees for house construction | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 3 |
Tree-cutting for farm tools | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 5 |
Tree-cutting for house utensils | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 6 |
Tree-cutting for fencing | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 4 |