Table 5 Frequency of themes discussed by farmers in PPB discussion groups conducted in 2012, Northern Province, Rwanda
From: Farmer knowledge identifies a competitive bean ideotype for maize–bean intercrop systems in Rwanda
Thematic categories | Themes | Sole crop (SC) | Intercrop (IC) | Total SC + IC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | |||
Yield | Yield | 35 | 23 | 58 | 43 | 27 | 70 | 128 |
Plant traits | Plant architecture | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 44 |
Maturity | 15 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 40 | |
Pest and disease | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |
Total | 29 | 18 | 47 | 44 | 23 | 67 | 114 | |
Adaptive qualities | Competition | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 32 |
Adaptation | 15 | 11 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 53 | |
Total | 18 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 18 | 55 | 85 | |
Nutritional and cooking quality | Nutrient qualities | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
Cooking qualities | 18 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 48 | |
Total | 29 | 13 | 42 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 71 | |
Market and labor attributes | Market | 13 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 40 |
Labor and stakes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 17 | |
Total | 19 | 12 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 57 | |
Other | Life-span | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
Information | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
Aesthetic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Total | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 37 | |
Total | 140 | 84 | 224 | 177 | 91 | 268 | 492 | |