Table 4 Cassava production constraints across agro-ecological zones
Production constraints | Coastal | Forest | Semi-deciduous | Transition | Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean rank | Rank | Mean rank | Rank | Mean rank | Rank | Mean rank | Rank | Mean rank | Rank | |
Inadequate capital | 1.91 | 1 | 1.94 | 1 | 1.94 | 1 | 1.85 | 1 | 1.91 | 1 |
Inadequate processing centres/buyers | 2.27 | 2 | 2.12 | 2 | 1.94 | 1 | 2.34 | 2 | 2.14 | 2 |
High cost of transportation | 4.82 | 5 | 4.47 | 3 | 4.52 | 4 | 4.73 | 4 | 4.31 | 3 |
Deterioration of roots after harvest | 4.27 | 3 | 4.53 | 4 | 4.48 | 3 | 3.93 | 3 | 4.58 | 4 |
High cost of labour (in the dry season) | 5.09 | 6 | 4.65 | 5 | 4.69 | 5 | 4.82 | 5 | 4.74 | 5 |
Pests and diseases | 4.55 | 4 | 4.79 | 6 | 5.04 | 6 | 4.84 | 6 | 4.89 | 6 |
High cost of agrochemicals | 5.09 | 6 | 5.5 | 7 | 5.4 | 7 | 5.49 | 7 | 5.43 | 7 |
W (p < 0.000) | 0.384 | 0.4137 | 0.447 | 0.411 | 0.416 | |||||