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