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Table 5 Constraints related to the production of banana and plantain in South Benin

From: Banana and plantain production systems in Benin: ethnobotanical investigation, varietal diversity, pests, and implications for better production

Constraints

Number of villages where the constraint is quoted

Number of villages in which the constraint is ranked first

Number of villages in which the constraint is ranked in the top five

% of responses

Rank

Pest damages

44

23

35

13.42

1

Drought

45

14

43

13.42

2

Wind causing plant fall

47

9

46

13.42

3

Excess water

42

3

23

8.94

4

Insufficient cultivated field

43

0

23

8.68

5

Viruses (BBTV and Fusarium Race1)

46

1

17

8.42

6

Insufficient performing varieties

42

0

18

7.89

7

Anthracnose

32

1

19

6.84

8

Poverty of the soil

42

0

8

6.57

9

Falling organs

37

0

11

6.32

10

Low time of conservation

38

0

8

6.05

11