Characteristics

Respondent farmers (n = 100)

Female group

Mixed group

Average

Age (Mean ± SD)

38.3 ± 7.2

45.1 ± 10.3

41.71

Household size (Mean ± SD)

5.8 ± 1.76

5.3 ± 1.19

5.55

Farm size (ha) (Mean ± SD)

0.31 ± 0.26

0.46 ± 0.35

0.39

Annual family income (‘000’BDT) (Mean ± SD)

25.03 ± 2.07

27.16 ± 3.18

26.15

Ethnicity

- Garoh

- Bangali

68.0%

32.0%

63.0%

37.0%

65.5%

34.5%

Education

- Illiterate

- Primary

- Secondary

- Above secondary

42.0%

44.0%

12.0%

2.0%

46.0%

48.0%

6.0%

0%

44.0%

46.0%

9.0%

1.0%

Means of livelihoods

- Subsistence farming

- Wage labour

- Firewood collection from forest

- Others

12.0%

48.5%

25.5%

14.0%

36.0%

37.0%

8.5%

18.5%

24.0%

42.75%

17.0%

16.25%