Table 21 Priority ranking of threats to the knowledge of medicinal plants (values: 1 = least threat, 5 = highest threat)
Threats to MPs knowledge | Informants | Total | Rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I1 | I2 | I3 | I4 | I5 | I6 | I7 | I8 | I9 | I10 | |||
The traditional healers do not show the medicinal plants | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 2nd |
Expansion of schools | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 3rd |
The establishment of health center and posts | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 4th |
Unwillingness of young generation | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 1st |
Youth moving to urban areas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 5th |