Role of Pigeonpea Cultivation on Soil Fertility and Farming System Sustainability in Ghana
Table 5
Preferential ranking of different soil fertility management practices by native and migrant farmers in Wenchi.
Management practice
Ranking order*
Natives
Migrants
Asuoanoa
Beposob
Drobosoc
Average
Asuoanod
Beposod
Drobosoe
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 1male; dDagarbas; eWalas.
*Each treatment was compared directly against the other until they were ranked from the highest to the lowest with 1 being the highest ranking and 8 being the lowest. Source: [9].
