Homegarden survey and plant species inventory - Limpopo Province, South Africa

A survey on the socioeconomic characteristics of smallholder homegardens (HG) in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The survey was conducted in April-July 2017 in 128 households across 6 villages in the Mopani District of Limpopo Province. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to this purpose. In the present file, the cleaned dataset can be found.Furthermore, a complete plant species inventory was conducted in all surveyed HG. This includes all species that were having a use according to the gardener (incl. ornamental species). A complete list of the recorded species will be made available soon. In the present file, abundance and plant density (per 100 m^2) is also included, as well as values for plant species richness, diversity (Shannon index and effective number of species) and evenness.For further information please contact me at [e-mail]

针对南非林波波省（Limpopo Province）小农家庭菜园（Homegardens，HG）社会经济特征的调查研究。本次调查于2017年4月至7月间开展，覆盖林波波省莫帕尼区（Mopani District）6个村庄的128户农户，采用半结构化问卷作为调研工具。本数据集文件中包含已完成清洗的调研数据。此外，研究团队对所有受访家庭菜园开展了完整的植物物种名录调查，涵盖种植户确认具有使用用途的所有物种（包括观赏类物种），完整的已记录物种名录将于近期公开。本文件同时包含植株丰度、植物种植密度（单位：每100平方米）数据，以及植物物种丰富度、多样性（含香农指数与有效物种数）和均匀度的计算值。如需进一步了解相关信息，请发送邮件至[e-mail]联系本人。