Table 6.
A direct matrix ranking of ten Mareka district landraces against eight properties, with three indicating the best, two indicating the medium, and one indicating the worst.
| Properties | Landraces | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiya | Yesha Maziya | Boza | Hoeya | Bothena | Ontha | Ankuwa | Shasha | Yaka | Botha Maziya | |
| Yield | 1.40 | 1.40 | 2.80 | 2.40 | 1.40 | 2.60 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 1.40 | 2.90 |
| Maturity time | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 2.20 | 2.80 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 3.00 | 1.40 | 1.25 |
| Taste | 2.50 | 1.40 | 1.80 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 2.80 | 2.80 |
| Drought tolerance | 1.25 | 2.20 | 2.60 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1.40 | 2.80 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 3.00 |
| Disease resistance | 2.60 | 2.30 | 2.80 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.80 | 1.12 | 1.40 | 2.80 |
| Kocho quality | 1.60 | 1.25 | 2.40 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.90 | 2.60 | 1.40 | 1.75 | 2.80 |
| Bulla quality | 1.40 | 1.40 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 2.50 | 2.90 | 2.60 | 2.40 | 2.60 | 2.90 |
| Fiber quality | 2.60 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 1.90 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 2.60 |
| Total | 14.75 | 13.75 | 19.40 | 17.80 | 19.15 | 19.80 | 20.75 | 15.02 | 14.45 | 21.05 |
| Rank | 8th | 10th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 9th | 1st |