Ecological and socio-cultural factors influencing in situ conservation of crop diversity by traditional Andean households in Peru

Table 2 Ecological, technological and socio-economic factors analyzed and their correlation values (r) with richness of farmer varieties.

	Cajamarca					Huánuco					Both regions
Factor (independent variable)	Agricultural cycle					Agricultural cycle					Agricultural cycle
	2001-2	2002-3	2003-4	2004-5	All years	2001-2	2002-3	2003-4	2004-5	All years	2001-2	2002-3	2003-4	2004-5	All years
Total farms number	-0.093	-0.108	-0.143	-0.035	-0.026	-0.146	-0.146	-0.240	-0.239	-0.249	-0.018	-0.024	0.036	0.089	0.077
Farm Extension	0.131	0.519	0.735*	0.616*	0.443	0.175	0.174	0.234	0.252	0.200	0.164	0.396*	0.433*	0.457**	0.302*
Parcels Number	0.480	0.866**	0.962**	0.926**	0.840**	0.342	0.349	0.521	0.428	0.460	0.169	-0.003	-0.056	-0.042	0.143
Native tubers surface 2001-2005	0.218	0.485	0.603*	0.683*	0.558	0.476	0.473	0.399	0.323	0.308	0.440*	0.684**	0.702**	0.684**	0.614**
Index of parcels distribution (IPD)	0.607*	0.883**	0.838**	0.829**	0.884**	0.071	0.075	0.362	0.447	0.408	0.260	0.011	-0.066	-0.0555	0.169
Index of cultural identity (ICI)	0.113	0.432	0.598*	0.702*	0.483	-0.170	-0.173	-0.244	-0.181	-0.203	0.174	0.444*	0.451*	0.311*	0.166
Index of traditional agricultural management (ITAM)	-0.016	0.314	0.580*	0.662*	0.360	-0.066	-0.061	0.245	0.301	0.293	0.222	0.479**	0.675**	0.681**	0.540**
Index of self-sufficiency (ISS)	0.237	0.226	0.072	0.376	0.374	-0.149	-0.148	-0.245	-0.232	-0.239	0.273*	0.457**	0.490**	0.403*	0.283*
Index of family size (IFS)	0.353	0.674*	0.706*	0.862**	0.658*	0.022	0.021	-0.183	-0.248	-0.238	-0.012	-0.067	-0.033	0.028	0.104
Index of household labor hand (ILH)	0.703*	0.629*	0.241	0.580*	0.670*	-0.031	-0.032	-0.174	-0.242	-0.224	0.051	-0.092	-0.098	-0.071	0.034

*indicates significant correlations with 0.01 < p < 0.05; ** indicates significant correlation with p < 0.01.

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