Promoting Cassava as an Industrial Crop in Ghana: Effects on Soil Fertility and Farming System Sustainability

Table 5

Preferential ranking of different soil fertility management practices by native and migrant farmers in Wenchi.

Management practice	Ranking order
	Natives				Migrants
	Asuoano^a; 𝑁=10	Beposo^b; 𝑁=5	Droboso^c; 𝑁=7	Average	Asuoano^d; 𝑁=6	Beposo^d; 𝑁=6	Droboso^e; 𝑁=5	Average
(a) Ranking by natives and migrants
Cassava	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1.7
Pigeonpea	2	5	2	3	4	4	4	4
Mucuna/maize/Mucuna	7	6	4	5.7	5	6	6	5.6
Groundnut/maize/groundnut	4	3	3	3.3	3	3	3	3
Cowpea/maize/cowpea	3	2	5	3.3	1	1	2	1.3
Maize/maize/maize	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
Cowpea/cowpea/cowpea	5	4	7	5.3	6	5	5	5.3
Bush fallow	6	8	8	7.3	8	8	8	8
(b) Ranking by female and male; Bonos	Females 𝑁=13	Males 𝑁=10
Cassava	1	1
Pigeonpea	2	3
Mucuna/maize/Mucuna	5	7
Groundnut/maize/groundnut	3	4
Cowpea/maize/cowpea	4	2
Maize/maize/maize	8	8
Cowpea/cowpea/cowpea	7	5
Bush fallow	6	6

^aConsisted of 6 males and 4 females; ^bConsisted of 4 males and 1 female; ^cConsisted of 6 females and 1 male; ^dDagarbas; ^eWalas (source: [14]).