Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia
Table 4
Perception of the respondent on the adoption of agroforestry practices.
Statements
Respondents’ distribution based on their response
SA (5)
AG (4)
N (3)
DA (2)
SDA (1)
Mean
STD
AFPs have economic advantage
8 (4.6)
125 (72.3)
22 (12.7)
18 (10.4)
0 (0)
3.71
0.713
AFPs save time on collecting feed and fuel wood from the forest
0 (0)
133 (76.9)
20 (11.6)
20 (11.6)
0 (0)
3.65
0.678
AFPs reduced chances of complete crop failure
0 (0)
133 (76.9)
19 (11)
21 (12)
0 (0)
3.64
0.688
AFPs conserved soil and water
0 (0)
134 (77.5)
13 (7.5)
26 (15)
0 (0)
3.62
0.733
AFPs improve crop yield
4 (2.3)
129 (74.6)
11 (6.4)
29 (16.8)
0 (0)
3.62
0.787
AFPs long time to get income
0 (0)
133 (76.9)
14 (8.1)
26 (15)
0 (0)
3.61
0.734
AFPs increase soil fertility
0 (0)
133 (79.6)
13 (7.5)
27 (15.6)
0 (0)
3.61
0.743
AFPs increase farm income
0 (0)
133 (76.9)
12 (6.9)
28 (16.2)
0 (0)
3.60
0.752
AFPs can improve soil cover and fix nitrogen
0 (0)
134 (77.5)
12 (6.9)
24 (13.9)
3 (1.7)
3.60
0.790
AFPs improve surrounding environment condition
0 (0)
133 (79.6)
1 (0.6)
39 (22.5)
0 (0)
3.54
0.838
The number with ( ) percentages and the numbers without ( ) frequency SDA (strongly disagree), DA (disagree), N (neutral), AG (agree), and SA (strongly agree). Source: own survey, 2021.
