Review Article
Plant Diversity and Ethnoveterinary Practices of Ethiopia: A Systematic Review
Table 1
Summary statistics of the documents used in the systematic review.
| | Measured variables | Criterion | LPS n (%) | Total
N (%) | | Integrated | Pastoral | | (n=10) | (n=16) |
| | No of reviews(N=48) and article type | Published | 10(100) | 14(87.5) | 28(93.3) | | Unpublished | 0(0) | 2(12.5) | 2(6.66) |
| | Diversity of plant family(N=133) | Identified species | 373 | 555 | 645 | | one species | 39(45.1) | 29(32.22) | 68(37.36) | | > one species | 53(44.9) | 61(67.78) | 114(62.64) |
| Number of participant
(n=19) | Gender | Male | 634(73.21) | 585(75.57) | 1219(66.94) | | Female | 232(26.79) | 370(17.83) | 602(33.06) |
| | Representativeness | Age | < 40 years old | 202(36.27) | 76(19) | 246(27.21) | | > 40 years old | 355(63.73) | 324(81) | 658(72.79) | Literacy level/Education
(n=9) | Illiterate | 183(55.30) | 110(37.07) | 293(42.19) | | read and write | 19(8.49) | 34(26.33) | 53(17.41) | | primary School | 304(30.08) | 149(32.93) | 453(31.51) | | Secondary School | 10(4.44) | 6(2.88) | 16(3.66) | | College and Above | 2(1.74) | 0 | 2(0.87) |
| | Coverage of agricultural zones | More than three | 9(90) | 0 | 9(34.62) | | Two | 1(10) | 7(43.75) | 8(30.77) | | One | 0 | 9(56.25) | 9(34.62) |
| | Studies reliability | Used same language as informants | 5(35.7) | 8(50) | 13(43.3) |
| | Measurability | Specifying livestock No. | 1(7.14) | 2(12.5) | 3(10) |
| | Risk of toxicity | 0 | 1(6.25) | 1(3.8) |
| | Stressing on endemic plant species | 0 | 2(12.5) | 2(7.7) |
| | Stating the constraints | 2 | 2(12.5) | 4(15.4) |
| | Information on veterinary coverage | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | References used for analyzing the EVM contribution in Integrated and pastoral LPS | [12–21] | [9, 22–36] | |
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Note that numbers written under square brackets are references/documents used for the analysis of the systematic review.
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