Research Article
Assessment of Production and Utilization Practices of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea Batatas L.) in Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Table 5
The area’s major orange-fleshed sweet potato production constraints.
| | Constraint | Prioritization | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Index | Rank |
| | Shortage of planting materials | 38 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0149 | 2 | | Shortage of land | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0294 | 5 | | Disease | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0204 | 3 | | Drought | 56 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0090 | 1 | | Insect pest | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0263 | 4 | | Storage problem | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0370 | 6 | | Low market price | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0476 | 7 | | Shortage of money to purchase inputs | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0588 | 8 | | Total | 194 | 70 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | | |
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