Sweet Potato Value Chain Analysis Reveals Opportunities for Increased Income and Food Security in Northern Ghana

Table 6

Integrated pest management strategies adopted by growers (% responding).

	Description	Northern region	Upper East region	Total
Did you encounter pest and diseases in production?	Yes	75.6	84.2	80.0
	No	242	15.8	20.0
Did you apply any pest management method last season?	Yes	12.6	72.5	42.5
	No	87.4	27.5	57.5
Which method did you adopt?	Insecticide spray	—	87.7	87.7
	Neem or ash	12.3	12.3	12.3
Type of pests/disease often encountered	Sweet potato weevil	36.5	48.0	42.3
	Millipedes	24	21	22.3
	Sweet potato virus	20	15	17.5
	sweet potato butterfly	4.5	9.5	7.0
	Leaf feeders/hoppers	6	2.5	4.3
	Rodents	5	1.0	3.0
	White flies	2	2.5	2.3
	Termites	2	0.5	1.3