Table 6

Influence of fallow types on Zonocerus variegatus pressure (%) in adjacent crop fields in the humid forest zones of Southern Cameroon
All
AECD-Blocks
 C.odoratafallow
 Herbaceous fallows
 Shrubs fallow
 Forest
 p-value
Yaounde
 52
 35
 10
 5
 <0.0001
Mbalmayo
 44
 40
 11
 7
 <0.0001
Ebolowa
 51
 39
 9
 2
 <0.0001
     p-value
 NS
 NS
 NS
 NS
     Means
 49
 38
 10
 4
 <0.0001
Female
Yaounde
 54
 29
 10
 7
 0.0052
Mbalmayo
 45
 40
 10
 5
 0.0024
Ebolowa
 50
 43
 7
 0
 0.0007
     p-value
 NS
 NS
 NS
 NS
     Means
 50
 37
 9
 40
 <0.0001
Male
Yaounde
 49
 40
 9
 2
 0.0007
Mbalmayo
 42
 39
 11
 8
 0.0037
Ebolowa
 51
 34
 11
 4
 0.0010
     p-value
 NS
 NS
 NS
 NS
     Means
 47
 38
 10
 5
 <0.0001

The values are averages of the scores for 10 groups of farmers (5 male and 5 female groups) interviewed per AECD-Blocks; p-value is the significance levels of a non parametric test of Kruskal-Wallis NS = nonsignificant (p > 0.05); AECD-Blocks = Agro-Ecological, Cultural and Demographic Blocks.

Kekeunou et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:17   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-17