Table 2.
Harvester’s perceptions on whether availability of Encosternum delegorguei had increased or decreased from 2002 to 2007
| Mapulana (n = 37) | Vhavenda (n = 37) | Bolobedu (n = 29) | Total (n = 103) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
| Increased |
4 |
11 |
6 |
16 |
10 |
34 |
20 |
19 |
| Don’t know |
20 |
54 |
14 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
33 |
| Decreased |
13 |
35 |
17 |
46 |
19 |
66 |
49 |
48 |
| Top three reasons given for decrease | Don’t know (54%), drought (22%), removal of plantations (8%) | Don’t know (46%), establishment of crops (16%) or plantations (16%) | Drought (59%), fire (21%), no other reason given | Don’t know (33%), drought (27%), fire (7%) | ||||