Table 4 Other plants cultivated by the surveyed farmers in the study area.
Crop | North (N = 227) | Centre (N = 53) | South (N = 138) | Study area (N = 418) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maize | 24.37 | 26.80 | 18.82 | 23.33 |
Soybean | 8.73 | 17.01 | 5.62 | 10.45 |
Peanut | 7.61 | 12.89 | 9.83 | 10.11 |
Yam | 9.01 | 12.37 | 5.06 | 8.81 |
Cotton | 12.25 | 4.64 | 5.90 | 7.60 |
Cassava | 2.54 | 7.72 | 7.58 | 5.95 |
Cowpea | 7.32 | 3.09 | 4.49 | 4.97 |
Sorghum | 12.11 | 0.52 | 0.28 | 4.30 |
Millet | 9.30 | 0.52 | – | 3.27 |
Pepper | 1.69 | 4.12 | 3.37 | 3.06 |
Sesame | 0.56 | 6.74 | 2.43 | |
Tomato | – | 0.52 | 6.46 | 2.33 |
Sweet potato | – | – | 6.46 | 2.15 |
Oil palm | – | – | 5.90 | 1.97 |
Cashew nut | 0.56 | 4.64 | – | 1.73 |
Bambara groundnut | 1.69 | 0.51 | 2.25 | 1.49 |
Kersting’s groundnut | 0.15 | 1.03 | 3.09 | 1.42 |
Okra | – | 1.55 | 2.25 | 1.27 |
Vegetable garden | – | 0.52 | 3.09 | 1.20 |
Beans | 0.28 | 1.03 | 1.12 | 0.81 |
Eggplant | – | 0.52 | 1.69 | 0.74 |
Onion | 1.13 | – | – | 0.38 |
Fonio | 0.70 | – | – | 0.23 |
