Table 5.
Ranking of farmers’ preference criteria for selection of rice entries in the wet and dry seasons. Preference traits were established based on farmers’ feedback during 2008–2013, and ranking was done in 2014 wet and dry seasons, each involving 60 farmers.
| Wet season |
Dry season |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preference Criteria | Ranks as assigned by respondents (5 years) |
RBQa Score | Rank | Ranks as assigned by respondents (5 years) |
RBQ Score | Rank | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Yield | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 62.00 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 78.00 | 1 |
| Tolerant to salinity | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10.67 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 70.00 | 2 |
| Capacity to withstand waterlogging (height) | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 62.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12.00 | 8 |
| Pest and disease resistant | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 27.33 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27.33 | 5 |
| Quality of straw for thatching/fodder/fuel | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 47.33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16.67 | 7 |
| Resistance to lodging | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 44.67 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19.33 | 6 |
| Grain quality for better market price | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16.67 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28.67 | 4 |
| Duration of crop | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28.67 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 48.00 | 3 |
| Chi Square Statistic | 40.925 | 76.082*** | ||||||||||||
RBQa, Rank Based Quotient.
***
P < 0.001.