Plant-derived utility products: knowledge comparison across gender, age and education from a tribal landscape of western Himalaya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant-derived utility products (PDPs) play an important role in sustaining humans, especially tribal communities. Despite this, knowledge on PDPs is declining.

Methods

The present study was therefore carried to document the PDPs used by Bhangalis, a tribal community of western Himalaya, through door-to-door surveys (n=420) and detailed questionnaire recordings (n=240). In addition to taxonomic richness, frequency of species used; use value (UV), use diversity (UD), and cultural importance index (CI) were also analysed. Knowledge comparison between genders, four identified age groups (group 1: 16-32 years, group 2: 33-49 years, group 3: 50-66 years, group 4: >66 years), and level of education of the respondents was also carried out using multiple regression in SPSS

SUBMITTER: Sharma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature