Domestication, Conservation, and Livelihoods: A Case Study of Piper peepuloides Roxb.—An Important Nontimber Forest Product in South Meghalaya, Northeast India

Table 1

Summary characteristics of wealth ranks by income and participatory method.

Parameter	Category
	Rich	Middle	Poor
No. of households	20	29	73
Participatory; Wealth; Ranking; Criteria	(i) Large plantations (5-6 plantations of approx.40 ha each); (ii) Hire labour; (iii) Higher level of cash income; (iv) Houses made of concrete cement; (v) Good standard of living.	(i) Small plantations (2-3 plantations of approx. 40 ha each); (ii) Lower level of cash income; (iii) Houses made of wood covered by tin; (iv) Work as labourers for few months.	(i) Do not have plantation; (ii) Generally labourers; (iii) Very low level of cash income; (iv) Houses made of bamboo covered by straw/tin.