Tasters preference for some
LIVES’ commodities
Horticultural Farmers Day
ILRI, Addis Ababa, 29 April 2015

Introduction
• On 29 April, the LIVES project brought some
commodities to a farmer fair on the ILRI
campus
• Taste tests were organized for the 3
commodities
• This presentation contains the results

Attributes of the Tasters
(Total number of tasters 139)
Number
of
tasters
Age Group
<=30 31-49 50 & above
33 (24%) 79 (57%) 27 (19%)
Gender
Male Female
102 (73%) 37 (27%)
Occupation
Farming Non-Farming
56 (40%) 83 (60%)

Open
Pollinated
(1)
46%
Local
(2)
7%
Hybrid (3)
47%
Watermelon
Available in the
local market (1)
83%
Gibe-Awash
(2)
17%
Popcorn
Hybrid-
Galilea (1)
86%
Local (2)
14%
Tomato
Overall results by commodity

42% 47% 48%
10%
8% 4%
48% 45% 48%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
<=30 30-49 50 & above
Percentage(%)
Watermelon
Open Pollinated Local Hybrid
85% 86%
74%
15% 14%
26%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
<=30 30-49 50 & above
Percentage(%)
Popcorn
Available in the local market Gibe-Awash
88% 85% 89%
12% 15% 11%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
<=30 30-49 50 & above
Percentage(%)
Tomato
Hybrid-Galilea Local
Results by age group

44% 51%
9%
3%
47% 46%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Male FemalePercentage(%)
Watermelon
Open Pollinated Local Hybrid
83% 84%
17% 16%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Male Female
Percentage(%)
Popcorn
Available in the local market Gibe-Awash
84%
92%
16%
8%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Male Female
Percentage(%)
Tomato
Hybrid-Galilea Local
Results by gender

37%
52%
13%
4%
50% 44%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Farming Non-farming
Percentage(%)
Watermelon
Open Pollinated Local Hybrid
84% 88%
16% 12%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Farming Non-farming
Percentage(%)
Tomato
Hybrid-Galilea Local
77%
87%
23%
13%
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
Farming Non-farming
Percentage(%)
Popcorn
Available in the local market Gibe-Awash
Results by occupation

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