Anchoring durum wheat diversity in the reality of traditional agricultural systems: varieties, seed management, and farmers’ perception in two Moroccan regions

Table 2 Average values of some characteristics of the farms in the studied regions

Zone	Farm area (ha) [sd, min-max]	Number of plots [sd]	Number of crop species [sd]	Modernization score [range]^a	Relationship with AEO^b	Distance to local market (km) [range]
ZN1	5.01 [3.49, 0.5–20]	6.3 [3.86]	4.51 [1.38]	2.59 [0–3]	39%	3 [1–7]
ZN2	2.91 [2.49, 0.5–6]	5 [2.16]	4.1 [0.99]	3 [3]	10%	5.8 [0–8]
ZN3	5.81 [7.18, 0.7–60]	7.7 [5.21]	4.58 [1.35]	2.43 [0–3]	29%	6.7 [0.3–20]
ZN4	7.63 [11.55, 2–50]	12.4 [6.03]	4.88 [0.72]	2.37 [1–3]	0%	15.3 [14–17]
Pre-Rif	5.56 [6.67, 0.5–60]	7.5 [5.07]	4.56 [1.29]	2.51 [0–3]	28%	6.3 [0.3–20]
ZS1	2.13 [1.5, 0.5–6]	12.5 [5.49]	5.2 [1.01]	2 [1–3]	60%	20.5 [14–30]
ZS2	1.18 [0.65, 0.5–3]	11.2 [3.58]	6.1 [1.34]	1.14 [1,2]	36%	31.6 [0–60]
ZS3	1.84 [1.49, 0.25–6]	13.4 [8.65]	4.33 [1]	0.93 [0–2]	37%	17.6 [0–34.7]
ZS4	1.81 [0.8, 1–3.5]	7.4 [6.37]	4.38 [0.52]	1.87 [1–3]	50%	2.5 [0–5]
ZS5	1.08 [0.38, 0.5–1.5]	12.2 [5.78]	3.33 [1.63]	2 [2]	67%	1.5 [0–3]
ZS6	16.2 [11.28, 2–50]	5.7 [3.31]	6.09 [1.08]	2.26 [1–3]	26%	9.5 [0–16.6]
Atlas Mountains	5 [8.21, 0.25–50]	10.6 [6.52]	5.18 [1.42]	1.57 [0–3]	41%	17.1 [0–60]

sd: standard deviation.
^aThe score varies from 0 (no use of either mechanization, synthetic fertilizer or synthetic pesticides) to 3 (all these three indicators are used).
^bPercentage of farmers declaring having relationships with the Agriculture Extension Office.

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