Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants
From: Perceptions of agrodiversity and seed-saving practices in the northern Andes of Ecuador
| Â | Localities | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perucho-Puéllaro | Chavezpamba-Atahualpa | Minas | La Esperanza | Cayambe | Total | |
Altitude (masl) | 1951–2088 | 2217–2280 | 2400 | 2889 | 2809 |  |
Participants | 19 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 65 |
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 29 (45%) |
 Female | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 36 (55%) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Mestizo | 19 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 45 (69%) |
 Indigenous | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 (31%) |
Education | ||||||
 Elementary | 5 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 42 (65%) |
 High school | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 (29%) |
 College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (6%) |
Age | ||||||
 20–39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 (8%) |
 40–49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 (20%) |
 50–59 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 (29%) |
 60+ | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 28 (43%) |
Years of farming | ||||||
 1–9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (5%) |
 10–29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 (26%) |
 30+ | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 45 (69%) |
Proportion of agriculture in household income | ||||||
 < 40% | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 (28%) |
 > 40% < 60% | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 (20%) |
 > 60% | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 34 (52%) |
Farm size (ha) | ||||||
 ≤ 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 41 (63%) |
 > 1 ≤ 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 (28%) |
 > 3 < 15 | 5 |  | 1 |  |  | 6 (9%) |