Profile of the farmers | Chiefdoms | Pooled (n = 400) | |||
Fakunya (n = 100) | Kori (n = 100) | Bagruwa (n = 100) | Kaiyamba (n = 100) | ||
Gender |
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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) |
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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 (%) |
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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 (%) |
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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 (%) |
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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 |