On-farm management and participatory evaluation of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millspaugh) diversity across the agro-ecological zones of the Republic of Benin

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the surveyed pigeonpea producers across agro-ecological zones of Benin

Variables	GZ (n = 190)	SGZ (n = 200)	SZ (n = 110)	Overall (n = 500)	Diff
Gender (%)
Male	56.9^a	66^a	65.5^a	62.4	ns
Female	41.2^a	44^a	34.6^a	37.6
Education level (%)
None	56.9^a	39^b	28.2^b	43.4	***
Primary	27.9^a	34^a	33.6^a	31.6	ns
Secondary	15.3^c	27^b	38.2^a	25	***
Age (years)
Average	48.7^a	44^b	44.5^b	45.9	***
Range	30-69	21-76	26-65	21-76
Experience (years)
Average	18.4^a	16.5^b	6^c	15	***
Range	10-45	10-50	3-7	3-50
Household size (units)
Average	6.6^a	6.1^a	6.4^a	6.4	ns
Range	3-11	3-11	4-10	3-11

GZ Guinean zone, SGZ Sudano-Guinean Zone, SZ Sudanean Zone, for the same variable, averages that do not have common letters are statistically different (p < 0.05), ns non-significant difference at the 5% level
***p < 0.001

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