Profile of the farmers

Chiefdoms

Pooled

(n = 400)

Fakunya (n = 100)

Kori

(n = 100)

Bagruwa (n = 100)

Kaiyamba (n = 100)

Gender

Male (%)

74.0

68.0

64.0

65.0

67.8

Female (%)

26.0

32.0

36.0

35.0

32.2

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Age (average)

50.0

47.0

48.0

50.0

49.0

Educational Level

None (%)

45.0

45.0

68.0

57.0

53.8

Primary (%)

27.0

26.0

16.0

18.0

21.8

Secondary (%)

20.0

28.0

13.0

21.0

20.4

Technical/ Vocational (%)

2.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

1.0

University (%)

6.0

1.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Household size (Average)

Males

4.3

3.3

4.3

3.4

3.8

Females

4.9

3.9

4.2

3.8

4.2

Total

9.2

7.2

8.5

7.2

8.0

Major source of income (%)

Remittances

1.0

3.0

1.0

1.0

1.5

Non-agricultural activities

10.0

11.0

3.0

2.0

6.5

Agricultural activities

89.0

86.0

96.0

97.0

92.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Access to land (%)

Owned

73.0

79.0

50.0

58.0

65.0

Gift

4.0

5.0

3.0

1.0

3.2

Rent

23.0

16.0

45.0

41.0

31.3

Lease

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.5

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Crops cultivated (%)

Cassava

32.1

23.5

32.6

29.2

29.7

Rice

32.9

32.3

31.9

34.2

32.9

Groundnut

25.0

24.9

20.4

16.5

21.4

Pineapple

0.4

7.8

0.0

0.4

1.8

Pepper

3.6

4.1

6.0

11.3

6.5

Potato

2.8

1.8

1.8

1.1

1.8

Yam

1.6

2.3

1.8

3.9

2.4

Cowpea

0.8

1.4

5.3

3.5

2.9

Pigeon Pea

0.8

1.8

0.4

0.0

0.7

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0