Table 4 Results of a pair-wise ranking of factors considered threats to P. thonningii and their degrees of destructive effects
Threatening factors | Respondents of each Kebele | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K1 | K2 | C1 | C2 | G1 | G2 | D1 | D2 | U1 | U2 | Ky1 | Ky2 | Total | Rank | |
Firewood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 2 |
Agricultural expansion | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 1 |
Overgrazing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 4 |
Fencing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
Household and Farm materials | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
Charcoal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |