Table 4 Proportion of farmers practicing various pigeonpea-based cropping systems (number of respondents in brackets)
Cropping systems | Zou (n = 63) | Couffo (n = 97) | Plateau (n = 60) | Collines (n = 82) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cropping system | |||||
Pure stand | 0 | 0 | 3.3 (2) | 3.7 (3) | 0.059 |
Crop association | 100 (63) | 100 (97) | 96.7 (58) | 96.3 (70) | |
Associated crops | |||||
Maize | 69.8 (44) | 0 | 50 (30) | 89 (73) | <0.001 |
Legume | 1.6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, cassava/yam | 4.8 (3) | 0 | 21.7 (13) | 4.9 (4) | |
Maize, legumes | (22.2) 14 | 10.3 (10) | 8.3 (5) | 2.4 (2) | |
Maize, vegetables | 0 | 0 | 13.3 (8) | 0 | |
Maize, legumes, cassava | 1.6 (1) | 43.3 (42) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, legumes, vegetables | 0 | 6.2 (6) | 3.3 (2) | 0 | |
Maize, cassava, vegetables | 0 | 2.1 (2) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, banana, cassava | 0 | 3.1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, banana, vegetables | 0 | 3.1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, legumes, cassava, vegetables | 0 | 23.7 (23) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, legumes, banana | 0 | 3.1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |
Maize, legumes, vegetables | 0 | 3.1 (3) | 0 | 0 | |