Storage Insects on Yam Chips and Their Traditional Management in Northern Benin

Table 8

Famer’s preference criteria of good kokoro yam cultivar for chips production in the study area and across ethnic groups.

Preferences criteria	Study area; (% of responses)	Ethnic groups (% of responses)
		Nago	Peulh	Bariba	Taneka	Lokpa	Yom	Ani
Quality of the paste	35.62	23.03	21.43	41.38	38.15	31.25	35.65	32.14
Storage aptitude of the chips	26.5	31.99	57.14	37.93	24.5	23.96	22.61	28.57
Quality of Wassa-Wassa	11.96	4.11	7.14	0	3.54	22.92	13.04	17.86
Colour of the paste	9.67	12.33	14.29	13.79	2.7	6.25	13.04	3.57
Flour richness of the yam chips	3.05	2.74	—	—	7.9	7.29	0	—
Crushing facility of the chips	1.02	—	—	—	2.6	2.08	0.87	—
Taste of the paste	4.83	—	—	3.45	—	5.21	10.44	3.57
Fast drying	7.35	25.8	—	3.45	20.61	1.04	4.35	14.29