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Table 3.

Focus group discussion participants’ socio-economic characteristics by study area base with their respective kebeles. AB = Aba Sena, ED = Enango Dembel, BT = Bikiltu Tokuma, MG = Melka Gasi, LY = Lelisa Yesus, CM = Choli Mikael.

						Study area base
			Lowland		Midland		Highland		Total
Farmers characteristics		Categories of the farmers	AB	ED	BT	MG	LY	CM	Total
Gender		Male	8	7	8	7	9	9	48
		Female	4	5	4	5	3	3	24
Age		35 and below	2	1	2	3	1	2	11
		36–50	5	5	3	5	7	6	31
		51–65	2	4	6	3	1	4	20
		Above 65	3	2	1	1	3	0	10
Education	Illiterate	Can't read & write	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
	Literate	Primary school	9	8	10	9	7	7	50
		Secondary school	2	3	1	3	2	3	14
		High school	0	1	1	0	1	2	5
Occupation		Farming alone	8	10	9	11	8	7	63
		Farming and off-farm	4	2	3	1	4	5	19
		Total	12	12	12	12	12	12	72

						Study area base
			Lowland		Midland		Highland		Total
Farmers characteristics		Categories of the farmers	AB	ED	BT	MG	LY	CM	Total
Gender		Male	8	7	8	7	9	9	48
		Female	4	5	4	5	3	3	24
Age		35 and below	2	1	2	3	1	2	11
		36–50	5	5	3	5	7	6	31
		51–65	2	4	6	3	1	4	20
		Above 65	3	2	1	1	3	0	10
Education	Illiterate	Can't read & write	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
	Literate	Primary school	9	8	10	9	7	7	50
		Secondary school	2	3	1	3	2	3	14
		High school	0	1	1	0	1	2	5
Occupation		Farming alone	8	10	9	11	8	7	63
		Farming and off-farm	4	2	3	1	4	5	19
		Total	12	12	12	12	12	12	72