Table 4.
Results of pair wise ranking of factors considered as threats to wild edible plants
| Factors | Respondents | Total | Rank | |||||||||||
| *D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | *G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | *K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | |||
| Agricultural expansion | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1 |
| Fire | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 4 |
| Fuel wood collection | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| Over-stocking/grazing | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 2 |
| Selective harvesting | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 |
NB :-*(D = Derashe; G = Gamo; K = Kusume key informants). The scores in the Table are the value obtained from 12 key informants at four sub sites from each community.