Table 8 Comparative table of pigeonpea production constraints across ecological zones
Constraints | Overall | Rank per zone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TNV | MAC | PCO | Imp | Rank | GZ | SGZ | SZ | |
Long vegetative cycle | 50 | 28 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Pests and diseases | 48 | 14 | 48 | 36.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Rainfall irregularity | 30 | 3 | 25 | 19.3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Weeding | 25 | 1 | 23 | 16.3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Lack of improved varieties | 26 | - | 24 | 16.7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Storage insects | 10 | - | 7 | 5.7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Soil poverty | 15 | 3 | 13 | 10.3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Harvest and post-harvest work | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Low productivity | 11 | - | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Lack of cultivable land | 5 | - | 3 | 2.7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 |