Comparative analysis of management practices and end-users’ desired breeding traits in the miracle plant [Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach & Thonn.) Daniell] across ecological zones and sociolinguistic groups in West Africa

Table 13 Consistency parameters among miracle berry end-users for preferred breeding traits in Synsepalum dulcificum in Benin and Ghana

End-users’ preferred breeding traits and ranking			Rank	Overall ranking agreement
Farmers	Processors	Consumers	Rank	Overall ranking agreement
Big fruit size	High fruit miraculin content	High fruit miraculin content	1st	0.11
Early fruiting	Big fruit size	Big fruit size	2nd
High fruit yielding	High fruit edible ratio	Fruit freshness	3rd
Dwarf tree	Fruit freshness	Long fruit shelf life	4th
High fruit miraculin content	High seed portion	High fruit edible ratio	5th
Pair-wise similarity index (lower diagonal) and ranking concordance coefficient (upper diagonal) of preferred trait between end-user groups
	Farmers	Processors	Consumers
Farmers		0.00	0.00
Processors	0.40		0.90
Consumers	0.40	0.80

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