Dependence Analysis of local Communities on Medicinal and Edible Plants Harvesting in Sardasht Customary Region in Lordegan Township

Subject Areas : forest

Beytollah Mahmoudi ¹ (Corresponding author: Assistant Professor, Department of forest sciences, Faculty of natural resources and earth sciences, Shahrekord University)
fatemeh eshaghi milasi ² (MS.C.Student, Department of forest sciences, Faculty of natural resources and earth sciences, Shahrekord university)

Received: 2016-11-17 Accepted : 2017-05-09 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: central Zagros, villagers, medicinal and edible plants, socio- economic indicator,

Abstract :

For the long time plant products in terms of food, medicinal and economic have been used by human. rural household obviate adjust part of the health need, food and their livelihood through the operation of the plants. In this study, the type and amount of medicinal and edible plants harvesting in Sardasht customary region in Lordegan township of Charmahal-O-Bakhtiari state is analyzing. The approach that used in this research is descriptive and quantitative analysis using semi-structured interviews. In this regard, a questionnaire with propositions which include the amount of provision, use, sale and income from harvesting the medicinal and edible plants, was used. The result of this study showed that 21 plant species used by villagers in this area that 7 kind of them are used for medicinal purpose and 14 kind of them for edible purpose. The results showed that the annual harvesting of medicinal and edible plants equal to 48.50 kg for any household that of this amount 12.32 kg is for sale, and annually provides 4025881 riyals for each household. Also according to the results obtained there is significant correlation between the harvesting of this plants and socio- economic indicator such as age, education, occupation, family, housing, income, expenses, agriculture and the number of livestock.

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