Research Article
Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia
Table 3
Relative importance of different functions of chickens (n (HL : LL) = 95; ML = 190; N = 380).
| | Functions of chicken | Agroecologies | Total | | HL | ML | LL | | n (index) | Rank | n (index) | Rank | n (index) | Rank | N (index) | Rank |
| | Egg for consumption | 427 (0.3) | 1 | 812 (0.28) | 1 | 391 (0.27) | 1 | 1630 (0.29) | 1 | | Meat for consumption | 305 (0.21) | 2 | 586 (0.21) | 2 | 281 (0.197) | 4 | 1172 (0.21) | 2 | | Cultural | 246 (0.17) | 4 | 564 (0.197) | 4 | 306 (0.21) | 2 | 1116 (0.196) | 4 | | Income generation | 285 (0.2) | 3 | 570 (0.1990 | 3 | 285 (0.2) | 3 | 1140 (0.199) | 3 | | Religion | 165 (0.11) | 5 | 324 (0.11) | 5 | 162 (0.11) | 5 | 648 (0.11) | 5 |
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HL: highland; ML: midland; LL: lowland; N: number of respondents.
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