Research Article
Agroecology Is Affecting Village Chicken Producers’ Breeding Objective in Ethiopia
Table 6
Prompting factors toward the price of live chickens marketed in the study area (n (HL : LL) = 95; ML = 190; N = 380).
| | Trait category/factor | Agroecologies | Total | | HL | ML | LL | | n (index) | Rank | n (index) | Rank | n (index) | Rank | N (index) | Rank |
| | Male | | Plumage color | 279 (0.29) | 1 | 536 (0.28) | 2 | 268 (0.28) | 2 | 1083 (0.29) | 2 | | Live weight | 259 (0.27) | 2 | 581 (0.31) | 1 | 301 (0.32) | 1 | 1141 (0.30) | 1 | | Comb type | 239 (0.25) | 3 | 461 (0.24) | 3 | 217 (0.23) | 3 | 917 (0.24) | 3 | | Breed | 173 (0.18) | 4 | 322 (0.17) | 4 | 164 (0.17) | 4 | 659 (0.17) | 4 |
| | Female | | Plumage color | 279 (0.29) | 1 | 574 (0.30) | 1 | 268 (0.28) | 1 | 1121 (0.3) | 1 | | Live weight | 226 (0.24) | 3 | 386 (0.20) | 4 | 217 (0.23) | 4 | 829 (0.22) | 4 | | Comb type | 250 (0.26) | 2 | 407 (0.21) | 3 | 241 (0.25) | 2 | 898 (0.24) | 3 | | Breed | 195 (0.21) | 4 | 533 (0.28) | 2 | 224 (0.24) | 3 | 952 (0.25) | 2 |
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HL: highland; ML: midland; LL: lowland.
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