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

Table 3

Characteristics of the nodal or bridging farmers in Begnas, Kholako Chhew and Kachorwa study sites.

Characteristics	Level	Nodal farmers		significance ( value)
		No.	%
Ethnicity	Brahmin/Chhetri	47	18	0.105
	Magar/Gurung/Vaisya	33	15
	Dalits	5	7
	Muslims	2	7
Sex of respondents	Male	57	16	0.393
	Female	30	13
Occupation	Agriculture	76	14	0.013
	Nonagriculture	0	0
	Both	9	33^**
Socioeconomic status	Rich	44	19	0.004
	Medium	33	17
	Poor	10	7^***
Age of respondents	Below 30 years	13	17	0.196
	30–60 years	65	16
	Above 60 years	9	9
Education	Illiterate	16	8	0.000
	Literate/primary	31	14
	Secondary	22	24
	College/university	8	29^***

< 0.05 and < 0.01.