Table 4 Factors explaining the attitude of farmers towards cocoa agroforestry in the Wider Taï area.
Opinions on adoption of companion trees | East | North-west | South-west | Espace Taï | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Companion tree adoption (% of farmers) | No | 27.4 | 46.3 | 68.1 | 45.2 | p < 0.05 α |
Yes | 72.6 | 53.7 | 31.9 | 54.8 | ||
Tree utility to justify adoption of agroforestry practices in cocoa farms (frequency in % of farmers) | Food | 60.3 | 75.4 | 80.0 | 69.1 | – |
Fertilization | 79.5 | 55.4 | 50.0 | 65.5 | ||
Shade tree | 32.1 | 43.9 | 36.7 | 37.0 | ||
Medicinal tree | 26.9 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 17.0 | ||
Lumber | 15.4 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 15.8 | ||
Delimitation | 2.6 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 10.3 | ||
Firewood | 0.0 | 10.5 | 23.3 | 7.9 | ||
Other | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | ||
Reasons for rejecting agroforestry (% of farmers) | No space | 0.0 | 26.0 | 45.2 | 29.7 | p < 0.05 α |
Sufficient or excessive number of trees | 23.1 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 20.3 | ||
Not important | 53.9 | 18.0 | 3.2 | 18.1 | ||
Stunting growth or crop death | 11.5 | 18.0 | 9.7 | 13.0 | ||
High humidity/shading | 0.0 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 8.0 | ||
Lack of tree knowledge | 11.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | ||
No reason | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
Other | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
