Table 3.
Ranking of some cowpea traits preferred by farmers and consumers across the six cowpea-producing districts in Mozambique.
| Traits | Gender | Ranking of the cowpea traits (%) | Trait ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very important | Important | Less important | Not important | |||
| Grain yield | AM | 86.33 | 11.39 | 0.91 | 1.37 | |
| AF | 81.74 | 15.07 | 1.37 | 1.83 | ||
| MY | 78.44 | 14.91 | 4.59 | 2.06 | 1 | |
| FY | 79.36 | 13.3 | 5.05 | 2.29 | ||
| Maturity period | AM | 62.24 | 32.27 | 2.75 | 2.75 | |
| AF | 61.24 | 31.65 | 2.52 | 4.59 | 2 | |
| MY | 61.66 | 26.79 | 5.31 | 6.24 | ||
| FY | 55.05 | 22.36 | 6.73 | 15.87 | ||
| Grain taste | AM | 58.22 | 37.9 | 1.83 | 2.05 | |
| AF | 62.93 | 32.95 | 1.6 | 2.52 | 3 | |
| MY | 57.47 | 34.48 | 5.06 | 2.99 | ||
| FY | 60.69 | 32.64 | 3.68 | 2.99 | ||
| Size of the grain | AM | 58.9 | 29.91 | 3.88 | 7.31 | |
| AF | 58.35 | 30.66 | 3.2 | 7.78 | 4 | |
| MY | 58.06 | 26.73 | 5.3 | 9.91 | ||
| FY | 57.14 | 23.49 | 8.47 | 10.9 | ||
| Leaf taste | AM | 50.8 | 37.3 | 9.84 | 2.06 | |
| AF | 55.73 | 35.09 | 7.11 | 2.06 | 5 | |
| MY | 49.66 | 32.87 | 10.8 | 6.67 | ||
| FY | 52.87 | 33.33 | 7.36 | 6.44 | ||
| Drought tolerance | AM | 53.09 | 17.85 | 5.72 | 23.34 | |
| AF | 52.29 | 17.66 | 6.19 | 23.85 | 5 | |
| MY | 52.87 | 17.01 | 6.21 | 23.91 | ||
| FY | 50.8 | 18.16 | 6.9 | 24.14 | ||
| Field pest resistance | AM | 53.65 | 21.23 | 3.42 | 21.69 | |
| AF | 52.86 | 21.28 | 3.66 | 22.2 | 6 | |
| MY | 51.61 | 20.87 | 4.59 | 22.94 | ||
| FY | 50.8 | 21.38 | 4.37 | 23.45 | ||
| Cooking time | AM | 47.2 | 38.7 | 5.8 | 8.3 | |
| AF | 51.96 | 39.26 | 1.62 | 7.16 | ||
| MY | 50.23 | 34.49 | 6.25 | 9.03 | 7 | |
| FY | 56.71 | 31.94 | 3.47 | 7.87 | ||
| Storage pest resistance | AM | 51.26 | 22.2 | 5.03 | 21.51 | |
| AF | 48.39 | 23.39 | 5.96 | 22.25 | 8 | |
| MY | 44.37 | 20.92 | 8.05 | 26.67 | ||
| FY | 42.53 | 21.15 | 9.2 | 27.13 | ||
| Tolerance to diseases | AM | 45.89 | 23.52 | 6.62 | 23.97 | |
| AF | 45.77 | 22.2 | 6.86 | 25.17 | 9 | |
| MY | 47.25 | 20.64 | 6.88 | 25.23 | ||
| FY | 46.56 | 20.87 | 7.11 | 25.46 | ||
| Grain colour | AM | 40.96 | 36.61 | 8.47 | 13.96 | |
| AF | 43.35 | 33.26 | 8.49 | 14.91 | 10 | |
| MY | 37.53 | 28.44 | 20.51 | 13.52 | ||
| FY | 41.94 | 32.53 | 9.68 | 15.86 | ||
| Leaf yield | AM | 32.11 | 33.72 | 9.86 | 24.31 | |
| AF | 41.51 | 26.61 | 9.63 | 22.25 | 11 | |
| MY | 33.33 | 28.97 | 10.34 | 27.36 | ||
| FY | 40.78 | 23.73 | 9.22 | 26.27 | ||
| Plant growth habit | AM | 25.17 | 40.96 | 5.49 | 28.38 | |
| AF | 23.39 | 41.51 | 6.19 | 28.9 | 12 | |
| MY | 25.06 | 37.7 | 7.82 | 29.43 | ||
| FY | 24.83 | 36.78 | 9.66 | 28.74 | ||
| Alectra vogelii resistance | AM | 19.91 | 35.24 | 12.36 | 32.49 | |
| AF | 18.35 | 33.26 | 14.22 | 34.17 | 13 | |
| MY | 19.35 | 31.34 | 14.52 | 34.79 | ||
| FY | 19.59 | 27.42 | 17.51 | 35.48 | ||
KEY: AF, adult female; AM, adult male; FY, female youth; MY, male youth.