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. 2022 Jun 23;13:784032. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.784032

TABLE 1.

Description of the respondent’s socio-demographic characteristics.

Number of Farmers per region
Variable Class Arusha Babati Karatu Kondoa Same Total Percentage

Gender M 6 4 4 5 3 22 71
F 6 0 1 0 2 9 29

Age (years) <35 2 1 1 1 0 5 16.1
36–50 4 2 2 3 1 12 38.7
>51 6 1 2 1 4 14 45.2

Education level Primary 7 2 5 5 4 23 74.2
Secondary 4 1 0 0 1 6 19.4
Tertiary 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.2
Others 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.2

Occupation Farmer 11 2 5 5 5 28 90.3
Private 0 2 0 0 0 2 6.5
Others 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.2

Marital status Single 2 0 1 0 1 4 12.9
Married 9 3 4 5 4 25 80.6
Widowed 1 1 0 0 0 2 6.5

Experience (years) 0–5 8 1 5 0 1 15 48.4
6–10 1 2 0 1 3 7 22.6
11–15 0 0 0 2 1 3 9.7
16–20 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.2
21–25 0 0 0 2 0 2 6.5
26–30 2 0 0 0 0 2 6.5
>31 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.2

Total land (acres) 0–2 6 1 2 2 1 12 38.7
3–5 6 3 2 1 3 15 48.4
6–10 0 0 1 1 1 3 9.7
>10 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.2

Land under lablab (acres) 0–2 10 2 4 4 2 22 71
3–5 2 2 0 1 3 8 25.8
6–10 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.2

Experience growing lablab (years) 0–5 8 4 4 0 2 18 60
6–10 1 0 0 3 3 7 23.3
11–15 1 0 0 2 0 3 10
21–25 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.3
>25 0 0 1 0 0 1 3.3