Research Article

The Neglected Traditional Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Crop Landraces for the Sustainable Livelihood of the Local People in Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

A direct matrix ranking of ten Mareka district landraces against eight properties, with three indicating the best, two indicating the medium, and one indicating the worst.

PropertiesLandraces
AmiyaYesha MaziyaBozaHoeyaBothenaOnthaAnkuwaShashaYakaBotha Maziya

Yield1.401.402.802.401.402.602.252.501.402.90
Maturity time1.601.601.502.202.802.602.603.001.401.25
Taste2.501.401.801.501.252.252.501.502.802.80
Drought tolerance1.252.202.602.502.501.402.801.501.603.00
Disease resistance2.602.302.802.252.502.602.801.121.402.80
Kocho quality1.601.252.402.502.602.902.601.401.752.80
Bulla quality1.401.402.502.402.502.902.602.402.602.90
Fiber quality2.602.253.001.902.502.602.601.601.502.60
Total14.7513.7519.4017.8019.1519.8020.7515.0214.4521.05
Rank8th10th4th6th5th3rd2nd7th9th1st