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Table 2 Cropping density factors of maize fields in the study area

From: A modeling assessment of geneflow in smallholder agriculture in West Africa

Item

Description

Cropping density (number of fields km-2)

56.0

Total maize area calculated from GIS records (km2)

1.1

Fractional area of maize as a % of total study area

4.5

% Field sizes below 0.5 ha

97.4

% Field sizes between 0.5-1 ha

1.6

% Field sizes between 1-2 ha

0.8

% Field sizes above 2 ha

0.2

  1. Total number of fields was 1,390