Table 3 Farmers perception on the enset production trend, reasons for decreasing production and sources of planting materials among Hadiya, Wolaita and Kembata-Tembaro zones of SNNP region of Ethiopia
From: Farmers’ knowledge and perception of enset Xanthomonas wilt in southern Ethiopia
Variables | Zonesa | Chi-square test | Chi-square P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hadiya (%) | Wolaita (%) | Kembata-Tembaro (%) | |||
Enset production trend since the last 15 years | |||||
Increasing | 10 | 40 | 8.8 | 75.42 | 1.62E−15 |
Decreasing | 86.2 | 27.5 | 81.2 | ||
No change | 3.8 | 32.5 | 10 | ||
Reasons for the decreasing production | |||||
Pest and diseases (EXW%) | 88.4 (75) | 50 (16.5) | 12.3 (27.5) | 80.79 | 3.38E−14 |
Climate change | 11.6 | 42.3 | 61.5 | ||
Minimal use of good agricultural practices | 0 | 7.7 | 21.5 | ||
Shortage of clean suckers | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | ||
Poor value chain | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
Sources of enset planting material | |||||
Research center | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.89 | 1.56E−59 |
Relatives | 12.5 | 100 | 0 | ||
Neighbor | 87.5 | 0 | 42 | ||
Local market | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||