Forty-five homegardens were randomly sampled in March 2013. To
cover the wide variations in the distribution of aboveground biomass
and forest diversity of the individual homegardens in the villages, the
total area of all homegardens were sampled which resulted in a total
sample area of 30 ha. All sampled homegardens were between 20 and
30 years old and the size of homegardens ranged from 0.2 to 1.2 ha
where a majority of homegardens were rectangular in shape