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Table 5 Farm characteristics from the three regions of Togo

From: Groundnut production constraints and farmers’ trait preferences: a pre-breeding study in Togo

Region

Village

Groundnut area range (ha)

Seed Source

% M.C.**

Sold Proportion (%)

Smallest

Average

Largest

Market

Saved

Others

Kara

Kpoloubal

0.25

0.51

0.75

30.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

60.00

Binadjoub

0.25

0.71

2.00

45.00

50.00

5.00

95.00

75.5

Nampoch

0.25

0.52

0.75

05.00

75.00

20.00

80.00

59.2

 

Mean

0.25

0.58b

1.16

26.67

61.67

11.66

78.33

64.90b

Savanes

Yacle

1

1.47

2.00

20.00

65.00

15.00

60.00

93.50

Dore

0.5

1.12

2.00

25.00

75.00

0.00

7.00

83.75

Namo

1

1.47

2.00

30.00

70.00

0.00

53.00

93.50

 

Mean

0.83

1.35a

2.00

25.00

70.00

5.00

40.00

90.25a

Centrale

Sonde

0.25

0.77

2.00

85.00

5.00

10.00

35

82.50

Attibodo

0.25

0.53

1.00

65.00

25.00

10.00

40

93.6

Wassarabou

0.25

0.49

1.00

45.00

40.00

15.00

30

88.75

 

Mean

0.25

0.6b

1.33

65.00

23.33

11.66

35

88.28a

Grand Mean

0.44

0.84

1.66

38.89

51.67

9.44

51.11

81.14

  1. **% M.C.: % mixed cropping
  2. *Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different