Research Article
Demand, End-Uses, and Conservation of Alpine Medicinal Plant Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D. Y. Hong in Central Himalaya
Table 2
Characteristics of the Neopicrorhiza-processing industries (n=23).
| | Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
| | Year of establishment of industry | 1963-1972 | 2 | 8.70% | | 1983-1992 | 1 | 4.35% | | 1993-2002 | 12 | 52.17% | | 2003-2013 | 8 | 34.78% |
| | Ownership of industry | Privately owned | 22 | 95.65% | | State owned | 1 | 4.35% |
| | Number of full-time staff | 2-11 | 11 | 47.83% | | 12-21 | 1 | 4.35% | | 22-31 | 3 | 13.04% | | 32-41 | 1 | 4.35% | | 42-51 | 7 | 30.43% |
| | Self-reported size of industry | Large | 8 | 34.78% | | Medium | 8 | 34.78% | | Small | 7 | 30.43% |
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