Farmers' preferences for East African highland cooking banana 'Matooke' hybrids and local cultivars

Table 5 Farmers’ preferences difference for cultivars between local checks and hybrids

Site	Cultivar type	Lower preference score	Median preference score	Upper preference score	Mann–Whitney U	P-Value
Kawanda	Local	68.18	90.91		9.00	0.039^**
	Hybrids	38.36	68.69	74.56
Mbarara	Local	59.65	63.59		12.00	0.086^ns
	Hybrids	29.22	38.26	65.29
Maruku	Local	93.37	95.12		1.00	0.003^***
	Hybrids	40.96	52.41	76.62
Mitalula	Local	32.25	42.11		10.00	0.134^ns
	Hybrids	40.74	57.31	72.91
Lyamungo	Local	36.70	52.06		31.50	0.506^ns
	Hybrids	44.35	61.05	78.39

^** and ^*** indicate significant at P < 0.01, and P < 0.001, respectively, while ns indicates non-significant at P > 0.05

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