Plant diversity and ethnobotanical importance of home gardens in Ghana's middle belt: a cross-sectional survey of the Sunyani municipality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home gardens are a species-rich socioecological system with a diverse range of cultivated and naturally occurring plants with the potential to make contributions to address sustainable food, biodiversity and climate crisis. However, there is a dearth of information on the socio-demographic profile of home gardeners and the importance of home gardens to ethnobotany, food security and biodiversity. Therefore, the study aimed to assess the socio-demographic profile of home gardeners in the Sunyani municipality as a case in point for the middle belt of Ghana and to evaluate the diversity of plants in home gardens and their ethnobotanical importance.

Methods

A total of 12 suburbs were selected from three subzones in the Sunyani municipality. In each suburb, 25% of hous

SUBMITTER: Ofosu-Bamfo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature