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Table 4 Cultivar knowledge and opinions on presence/absence (n = 40). Last column calculated using Consensus Theory (Appendix).

From: Changes in farmers' knowledge of maize diversity in highland Guatemala, 1927/37-2004

 

Informants who know the cultivar

Communities in which cultivar is known (n = 9)

Informants who judge presence

Informants who claim continued presence

Informants who claim continued presence as a percentage of all informants who judge presence

Probability of continued presence

nimej k'ejwah (2)

39

9

35

34

97%

>0.99

k'ejwah (1)

38

9

34

34

100%

>0.99

saj nhal (8)

38

9

33

32

97%

>0.99

tz'ib'sat saj nhal (10)

35

9

31

29

94%

>0.99

k'ejsat (6)

32

9

31

27

87%

>0.99

tz'ib'sat (9)

32

9

30

26

87%

>0.99

q'an nhal (7)

31

9

26

26

100%

>0.99

q'an b'aw (12)

31

9

26

21

81%

>0.99

tewah (15)

31

9

27

19

70%

>0.99

kok k'ej wah (4)

30

9

27

24

89%

>0.99

txilitxwah (5)

29

9

25

22

88%

>0.99

oxeb' x'ahaw (11)

27

9

26

25

96%

>0.99

Cuarentano (22)

26

8

23

22

96%

>0.99

k'ejti' txitam wah (25)

25

8

24

23

96%

>0.99

papa k'ejwah (3)

23

9

22

21

95%

>0.99

q'an tewah (16)

19

7

12

9

75%

>0.99

nimej q'anb'aw (2)

18

8

15

13

87%

>0.99

xhamaltin (19)

12

6

10

9

90%

>0.99

saj poh (21)

12

6

11

7

64%

>0.99

q'an wah (18)

6

5

5

4

80%

>0.99

Pantaleón (24)

4

3

2

0

0%

0.07

k'ejti' (20)

3

3

3

3

100%

>0.99

Chimbo (14)

3

2

2

1

50%

0.25

Tejar (23)

3

2

3

0

0%

0.07