Table 3 Cassava traits preferences for respondents.
Traits category | Traits | Oyo state | Ogun state | South-western Nigeria | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 324 | n = 324 | n = 648 | |||||||||||
VIMP | IMP | JIMP | NIMP | VIMP | IMP | JIMP | NIMP | VIMP | IMP | JIMP | NIMP | ||
Production | Drought resistance | 70.68 | 20.99 | 8.33 | 0.00 | 68.82 | 19.44 | 11.73 | 0.00 | 69.75 | 20.22 | 10.03 | 0.00 |
Pest resistance | 75.31 | 18.21 | 6.48 | 0.00 | 79.63 | 17.90 | 2.47 | 0.00 | 77.47 | 18.05 | 4.48 | 0.00 | |
Disease resistance | 78.70 | 21.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 73.46 | 26.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 76.08 | 23.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Maturity | 30.25 | 39.20 | 19.14 | 11.42 | 37.04 | 34.88 | 11.73 | 16.36 | 33.64 | 37.04 | 15.43 | 13.89 | |
Yield (Root size and quantity) | 67.90 | 24.07 | 8.02 | 0.00 | 66.05 | 27.47 | 6.48 | 0.00 | 66.98 | 25.77 | 7.25 | 0.00 | |
Stem height | 6.17 | 5.25 | 17.90 | 70.68 | 4.94 | 7.72 | 20.68 | 66.67 | 5.56 | 6.48 | 19.29 | 68.67 | |
Processing | Pounding | 20.68 | 25.31 | 29.01 | 25.00 | 24.07 | 35.19 | 33.33 | 7.41 | 22.38 | 30.32 | 31.05 | 16.24 |
Dry matter content | 53.09 | 23.46 | 23.46 | 0.00 | 61.42 | 21.30 | 17.28 | 0.00 | 57.25 | 22.38 | 20.37 | 0.00 | |
Starch content | 21.91 | 29.63 | 20.68 | 27.78 | 35.80 | 30.56 | 25.00 | 8.64 | 26.23 | 32.71 | 22.84 | 18.22 | |
Fibre content | 31.48 | 29.94 | 23.46 | 15.12 | 33.64 | 29.01 | 21.30 | 16.05 | 32.56 | 29.48 | 22.38 | 15.59 | |
Marketing | Market demand | 46.30 | 40.12 | 13.58 | 0.00 | 45.06 | 47.84 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 45.68 | 43.98 | 10.34 | 0.00 |
Good quality (gari/ lafun) | 60.80 | 33.64 | 5.56 | 0.00 | 51.85 | 31.79 | 16.36 | 0.00 | 56.33 | 32.72 | 10.96 | 0.00 | |
Vitamin laden | 50.93 | 31.48 | 16.67 | 0.93 | 25.00 | 21.91 | 29.01 | 24.07 | 37.96 | 26.70 | 22.92 | 12.42 | |
Texture | 53.09 | 30.25 | 16.67 | 0.00 | 45.37 | 25.93 | 28.70 | 0.00 | 49.38 | 28.09 | 22.53 | 0.00 | |
Price command | 57.41 | 29.94 | 12.65 | 0.00 | 60.49 | 30.86 | 8.64 | 0.00 | 58.95 | 30.40 | 10.65 | 0.00 | |
Root size | 49.38 | 21.60 | 29.01 | 0.00 | 51.85 | 19.44 | 28.70 | 0.00 | 50.62 | 20.52 | 28.86 | 0.00 | |
Colour | 20.06 | 24.69 | 38.58 | 16.67 | 37.35 | 31.48 | 24.07 | 7.10 | 28.70 | 28.09 | 31.33 | 11.88 | |
