number of wild species have been domesticated for their unique use-values such as
medicinal properties, vegetables during dry seasons, etc. while a large number of home
garden species were cultivated in a larger system to fetch their market potential. Therefore,
home gardens can be considered as one of the most important centres of experimentation,
species domestication, and crop improvements. They represent an important reservoir of
diversity of plant species and have immensely contributed to the maintenance, promotion
and in situ conservation of plant genetic resources.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We extend our sincere gratitude to farmers of surveyed sites for their support and
contribution during the field visit. We thank Mr. S. Basnet for the data compilation and Mr. P.
Biswakarma for the data analysis. Mr. B. Paudel, Mrs. D. Gautam, Mrs. K. Shrestha, Mrs.
BK. Rai are thankfully acknowledged for their field support. We are especially thankful to Mr.
S. Gayawali for sharing his knowledge on statistical tools and Dr. BR Sthapit for reviewing
this paper. Finally, we are grateful to SDC Nepal for their fund support to carry out this study.
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