Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe

Table 5 Land size and navy bean cropping system in across four villages

	Average land size		Farming system (%)				Estimated yield (t ha^-1)
	Average land size (ha) per household	Average land size (ha) allocated to navy bean (ha) per household	SC^a	IC^b	MC^c	MOC^d
Village
Tonhorai	0.77	0.27	100	0	0	0	2.45^bc
Gudyanga	0.69	0.23	100	0	0	0	2.76^d
Nenhowe	0.79	0.32	100	0	0	0	2.19^a
Maunganidze	0.76	0.26	100	0	0	0	2.42^b
Mean	0.75	0.27	100				2.45
LSD^e	0.11	0.05	NS	-	-	-	0.26
F pr^f	0.076^NS	0.092^NS	NS	-	-	-	0.035^*

The % indicates the percentage of respondents who are using the respective farming system
Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different
NS non-significant
^*P < 0.05
^aSC sole cropping
^bIC inter cropping
^cMC mixed cropping
^dMOC mono cropping
^eLSD least significant differences of means (5% level)
^fF pr probability value (5% level)

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