A typology of smallholder livestock production systems reflecting the impact of the development of a local milk collection industry: Case study of Fatick region, Senegal

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Table 7 Top 5 relevant categorical variables that best describe the 28 farms from cluster 3. Overall sample n = 100 farms

Variable	v-test	Cla/Mod¹ (%)	Mod/Cla² (%)	Overall³ (%)	p-value⁴
Income from all crop activities: greater than average	5.37	87.50	50.00	16	< 0.001
Type of farmer: animals mostly in transhumance	−5.06	2.44	3.57	41	< 0.001
Drought response: transhumance	−4.95	2.50	3.57	40	< 0.001
Possession of cross-breed and exotic species: yes	4.76	61.29	67.86	31	< 0.001
Feed system during rainy season: grazing and indoor housing	−4.63	20.88	67.86	91	< 0.001

¹Proportions of farms with that answer in cluster 3 out of the overall number of farms with the same answer (e.g. out of the 16 farms, 50% of them gave the “greater than average” response to the question “income from all crops activities”)
²Proportions of farms in cluster 3 with that answer out of the number of farmers in cluster 3 (e.g. 50% of the 28 farms in this cluster gave “greater than average” response to the question “income from all crop activities”)
³Proportions of farms with that answer out of the total number of surveyed farms (N = 100)
⁴Overall vs cluster (α < 0.05)