Table 3.
Decision matrix for prioritisation of provinces.
| Risk Factors | Outbreaks (2000–2020) | Number of Pigs | Warthogs (Present/Absent) | Responsiveness (%) | Pigs Not Kept Confined (%) | Fed Uncooked Swill (%) | Use of Auctions (%) | Home Slaughter (%) | Poor ASF Knowledge (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average criteria weights | 0.07585 | 0.05993 | 0.08451 | 0.05373 | 0.22103 | 0.18975 | 0.13964 | 0.05823 | 0.11735 | |
| Province | Score | |||||||||
| Eastern Cape | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.304 | 0.035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.30992 |
| Free State | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.241 | 0.481 | 0.278 | 0.538 | 0.788 | 0.49747 |
| Gauteng | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.286 | 0.214 | 0.5 | 0.214 | 0.214 | 0.45536 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.091 | 0.386 | 0.136 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.38317 |
| Limpopo | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0.429 | 0.286 | 0.31921 |
| Mpumalanga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.207 | 0.345 | 0.931 | 0 | 0.793 | 0.58142 |
| Northern Cape | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0.132 | 0.622 | 0.096 | 0.633 | 0.814 | 0.43039 |
| North West | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 0.154 | 0.154 | 0.462 | 0.231 | 0.077 | 0.34139 |
| Western Cape | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.186 | 0.157 | 0.03 | 0.775 | 0.833 | 0.23295 |