Abstract
Lamjung is highly rich in its vast and valuable Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) including different kinds of valuable medicinal and aromatic plants. Nepal is a mountainous country, where most of the people are depend on forest resources for their livelihood. Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFPs) plays a crucial role in the rural livelihood. NTFPs serve as a source for their primary health, nutrition, income generation, energy (fuel wood) and material for a social-cultural and religious ceremony. The research was carried out the specific objectives of identification availability NTFPs, Role of NTFP in local livelihood, prospects, and problems to develop NTFP in the study area. The study was carried out in Chiti, Jita and Taksar Village Development Committee (VDC) of Lamjung District. Primary data were collected through Focus Group Discussion, House Hold Survey, Key Informant Interview, use inventory sheet and direct field observation. Secondary data were collected from different DFO office, library, journals, published articles, reports, online reports etc. The quantitative data were analyzed by using appropriate statistical tools. The qualitative data were analyzed by descriptive measure and presented in forms of charts, figure and tables. There were 52 major NTFPs identified in the study area and all respondents have knowledge about NTFPs, but they are not involved to collect NTFP for commercial purpose. They use only household purposes such as firewood for energy, leaf litter for religious purpose, and wild food and fruits are used for domestic use. The main problems of the development of NTFPs people are gradually leaving use traditional knowledge about medicinal plants. Slowly they became dependent at modern product and most of the people are depending on remittance. NTFPs play a safety net role to assist communities in adverse situation such as crop failure under the current change in climate and variability. Most of the people have knowledge about value of NTFPs and traditional knowledge about medicinal herbs, but such a valuable knowledge regarding use value of NTFPs seems to be disappearing into the younger generations.
Highlights
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are an important part of the Nepalese economy
Most of the people have knowledge about value of NTFPs and traditional knowledge about medicinal herbs, but such a valuable knowledge regarding use value of NTFPs seems to be disappearing into the younger generations
In the rural settings of Nepal, people are closely associated with the forest and its products, such as NTFPs. which are being increasingly recognized for their role in rural livelihoods
Summary
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are an important part of the Nepalese economy. From the very beginning of human civilization, people have used forest product as food, shelter, textile and medicine. In the rural settings of Nepal, people are closely associated with the forest and its products, such as NTFPs. which are being increasingly recognized for their role in rural livelihoods. Harvesting of NTFPs has been a long history in the human civilization (Delgado, McCall, & López, 2016) and it is associated with socio-economic and cultural life of forest dependent communities inhabiting in wide ecological and geo-climatic conditions throughout the country (Pandey, Tripathi, & Kumar, 2016). NTFPs refer to a wide array of economic or subsistence materials that come from forests, excluding timber. These are termed as non-wood, minor and secondary forest products (FAO, 1992). Among all categories of NTFPs medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) play vital role in Nepalese livelihood, health, and jgg.ccsenet.org
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