An Analysis of Social Seed Network and Its Contribution to On-Farm Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity in Nepal

Table 10

Characteristics of the farmers acquiring rice seed in the community.

Farmers characteristics	Level	Farmers acquiring seed	significance ( value)
Socioeconomic status	Rich	77 (41^†)	0.000
	Medium	98 (59)
	Poor	93 (59)
Ethnicity	Brahmin/Chhetri	107 (50)	0.674
	Magar/Gurung	101 (54)
	Dalits (KDS)	38 (55)
	Muslim	12 (44)
Sex of respondents	Male	160 (53)	0.566
	Female	98 (51)
Occupation	Agriculture	236 (52)	0.451
	Nonagriculture	11 (42)
	Both	11 (61)
Education	Illiterate	93 (51)	0.090
	Literate/primary	96 (52)
	Secondary	61 (60)
	College/university	6 (30)
Age of respondents	Below 30 years	31 (49)	0.078
	30–60 years	189 (55)
	Above 60 years	38 (42)

Figures in parentheses represent percentages with respect to the total number in the category.