Awareness of medical and aromatic plants in the western black sea region
Abstract
In our research, the level of awareness about medicinal and aromatic plants in different professions groups (farmers, civil servants, workers, retired, students and unemployed) and education levels were examined through direct interviews in Western Black Sea Region (Düzce, Sakarya, Zonguldak, Bartın). By using the Neyman method, 77 people were investigated, based on the Likert scale to measure awareness levels, and the results were evaluated by SPSS method.
As a result of our research, 24.7% of them prefer medicinal and aromatic plants when they are sick, while 81.8% think that medicinal and aromatic plants are organic. 66.2 %agree that organic certification is required for medicinal and aromatic plants. 63.6% of inadequate education is remarkable when the problems are expressed. At the rate of 5.2% is TV and 15.6% is for newspapers are used for information acquisition. According to the study, it was concluded that the level of awareness of the medicinal and aromatic plants in the Western Black Sea region is not sufficient, and starting from school programs, it is necessary to raise awareness of the public by means of non-formal education, magazines and courses besides TV and newspaper.
Keywords
Western Black Sea Region,Medicinal and aromatic plants,Awareness
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