Table 2 Characteristics of apple and mango production in the study areas.
From: Characterization of fruit production and market performance in northwest Ethiopia
Items (%) | Bahir dar zuria | Districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fagita lekoma | Banja | Dibatie | Total | ||
(1) Cropping systems practiced | |||||
 Intercropping | 93.56 | 66.69 | 73.00 | 84.30 | 79.31 |
 Mono-cropping | 6.44 | 33.31 | 27.00 | 15.70 | 20.69 |
(2) Reasons for using intercropping | |||||
 To use the farmland efficiently | 57.75 | 52.20 | 37.10 | 56.07 | 50.78 |
 To increase soil fertility | 22.40 | 4.41 | 25.40 | 21.10 | 18.33 |
 Protects from disease and pests | 1.31 | 3.26 | 0.60 | 2.22 | 1.85 |
 For shading purpose | 12.10 | 6.82 | 9.90 | 4.91 | 8.43 |
(3) Diseases and insect management methods adopted | |||||
 Removing dead trees | 2.16 | 4.22 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 1.89 |
 Weeding and hoeing | 2.93 | 14.60 | 7.90 | 3.64 | 7.27 |
 Spraying pesticide chemicals | 5.00 | 2.80 | 1.11 | 2.43 | 2.84 |
 Intercropping | 14.30 | 12.62 | 13.93 | 12.00 | 13.21 |
 Cultural methods | 6.44 | 5.54 | 5.61 | 4.84 | 5.61 |
 All of the above methods applied | 16.41 | 6.90 | 4.04 | 7.22 | 8.64 |
 No any controlling method used | 52.76 | 53.32 | 67.41 | 68.67 | 60.54 |