Status, Diversity, and Traditional Uses of Homestead Gardens in Northern Bangladesh: A Means of Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation

Table 5

Perceived importance of homestead garden conservation in the study area.

Items	Very important	Less important	Not important
Food and fruit	85	15	0
Firewood	68.75	23.75	7.5
Building materials	78.75	20	1.25
Subsistence family income	73.75	20	6.25
Medicinal plants	28.75	35	36.25
Ecological balance	28.75	37.5	33.75
Soil erosion control	51.25	37.5	11.25
Others*	36.25	17.5	46.25

∗Boundary, ornamental, and spiritual purposes, and so forth.