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

Table 6 Reasons for pigeonpea production and use category in Benin

Criteria	Variables	GZ n = 190		SGZ n = 200		SZ n = 110
Criteria	Variables	F	FL	I p	FL	I p	FL
Reasons	Market value	107	37.8	80	29.6	66	24.1
	Nutritional value	176	62.2	190	70.4	98	35.8
	Land fertilizing power	–	–	–	–	110	40.2
	ΣF	283	–	270	–	274	–
Use category	Consumption	164	34.8	188	38	96	31.9
	Medicine	92	19.5	75	15.2	72	23.9
	Offering	–	–	7	1.4	–	–
	Sacrifice	–	–	5	1	–	–
	Weed control	15	3.2	19	3.8	23	7.6
	Grain processing	20	4.2	10	2	–	–
	Fertilization	181	38.4	191	38.6	110	36.5
	ΣF	472	–	495	–	301	–

GZ Guinean zone, SGZ Sudano-Guinean zone, SZ Sudanian zone, n number of respondents, FL fidelity level, F number of respondents for a modality of use or reason that motivates the culture, ΣF sum of the number of respondents for all modalities of use or reason