English - McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program
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<strong>McKnight</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> <strong>Collaborative</strong> <strong>Crop</strong>s <strong>Research</strong> Project No: 06-741<br />
Ikhanoda-Village, Singida<br />
At Ikhanoda village, 12 farmers participated at the on-farm evaluation and results are as presented in<br />
Table 9 below. Line TZA 263 was the most preferred while IT 89KD 288 was the least preferred line.<br />
Table 9: Pair-wise ranking for Ikhanoda village<br />
Lines 1 2 3 4 5 Result Rank<br />
IT 99K 7-21-2-2 1 1 1 5 3 2<br />
IT 99K 573-1-1 2 2 5 2 3<br />
1T 97K 818-35 4 5 1 4<br />
1T 89KD 288 5 0 5<br />
TZA 263 4 1<br />
Kikombo village, Dodoma<br />
In Kikombo village, 6 farmers participated at the on-farm evaluation and results are as presented in<br />
Table 10 below. Line TZA 263 was the most preferred but IT 89KD 288 was the least preferred line.<br />
Table 10: Pair-wise ranking for Kikombo village<br />
Lines 1 2 3 4 5 Result Rank<br />
IT 99K 7-21-2-2-1 3 2<br />
IT 99K 573-1 1 2 3<br />
1T 97K 818-35 1 2 1 4<br />
1T 89KD 288 1 2 3 0 5<br />
TZA 263 5 5 5 5 4 1<br />
Mkungugu –Ismani, Iringa<br />
In Mkungugu village, 10 farmers belonging to Ari Mpya farmer research group participated at the onfarm<br />
evaluation. Results are as presented in Table 11 below. Line TZA 263 was the most preferred and<br />
IT 97K 818-35 was the least preferred line.<br />
Table 11: Pair-wise ranking for Mkungugu village<br />
Lines 1 2 3 4 5 Result Rank<br />
IT 99K 7-21-2-2-1 1 1 1 5 3 2<br />
IT 99K 573-1 2 2 5 2 3<br />
1T 97K 818-35 4 5 0 5<br />
1T 89KD 288 5 1 4<br />
TZA 263<br />
Mangalali - Iringa<br />
5 1<br />
For unforeseen reasons it was not possible to evaluate the materials on day the team visited Mangalali<br />
village. When the farmers from Managalali visited Ismani research station, they were given opportunity<br />
to evaluate replicated trial planted with 14 lines including those planted at their own plots at Mangalali.<br />
The results are as presented in Table 12 below, where TZA 263 was ranked the best line followed by<br />
IT99K-7-21-2-2.<br />
Table 12: Ranking of the cowpea lines by Mangalali farmers at Ismani research Station 2009<br />
No Cowpea line Number of Number of Ranking of the Comment<br />
participants farmers selected cowpea line<br />
1 TZA-263 26 24 1 Each farmer<br />
2 IT99K-7-21-2-2-1 20 2<br />
was given a<br />
3 B 301 9 3<br />
chance of<br />
4 ITOOK-1207 8 4<br />
selecting only<br />
5<br />
6<br />
IT96D-733<br />
IT89KD-288<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
5<br />
best three<br />
cowpea lines<br />
7 IT99K-573-1 3 6<br />
9<br />
2009
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