Table 5.
Priority ranking of factors perceived by key informants as threats to medicinal plants in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality
| Major Threat | Number of Key Informants (n = 15) | Total Value | Rank | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | |||
| Agricultural activities | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 1st |
| Fodder/Overgrazing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7th |
| Building and construction | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6th |
| Bush fires | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 4th |
| Drought | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 2nd |
| Floods | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8th |
| Firewood/Fuel | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 5th |
| Excessive harvesting | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 3rd |
Key: Values 1–5 were given: 1 is the least destructive threat, and 5 is the most destructive threat.