Small ruminant feed systems: perceptions and practices in the transitional zone of Ghana

Table 1 Smith's salience indexes (Smith's S) for the 15 members of the consensus model of small ruminant feeds.

ITEM	Salience for all farmers	Salience for men	Salience for women
Maize grains	0.667	0.613	0.731
Plantain leaves	0.629	0.647	0.610
Cassava leaves	0.609	0.559	0.667
Mango leaves	0.595	0.609	0.578
Cassava peels	0.586	0.685	0.472
Maize leaves	0.513	0.458	0.576
Margaritaria discoidea	0.467	0.534	0.390
Plantain peels	0.467	0.563	0.355
Cowpea leaves	0.466	0.519	0.405
Cassava tubers	0.426	0.414	0.439
Groundnut leaves	0.386	0.441	0.323
Yam peels	0.277	0.382	0.155
Baobab leaves	0.242	0.212	0.277
Palm leaves	0.230	0.246	0.212
Okra leaves	0.206	0.214	0.197

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