WEPs in Tegedie District are vital for dietary diversity, food security, and cultural practices, but they face significant anthropogenic and environmental pressures. Conservation strategies, including habitat protection, sustainable harvesting, ex situ cultivation, and systematic documentation of indigenous knowledge, are urgently needed. Promoting intergenerational knowledge transfer is essential to ensure the continued availability and sustainable use of these valuable plant resources.
Goshe et al. (Wed,) studied this question.