Forest adjacent households’ voices on their perceptions and adaptation strategies to climate change in Kilombero District, Tanzania

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Table 8 Use pattern of priority NTFPs by households in Kilombero District, Tanzania

Use pattern	Priority NTFPs	Annual average collection per household
Subsistence	Firewood	116.53 ± 4.63 (77)
	Medicinal plants	5.53 ± 0.35 (47)
	Thatch grass	31.33 ± 1.71 (63)
Trade	Firewood	292.8 ± 14.27 (23)
	Medicinal plants	16.39 ± 2.72 (15)
	Thatch grass	40.06 ± 1.66 (54)

Unit for firewood and thatch grasses is head load, equivalent to 16.55 ± 3.33 and 14.12 ± 3.19 kg, respectively; while for medicinal plants is kg; numbers in parenthesis are respondent frequencies (%)