Farmers’ Perceptions of Mexican Bean Weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman), and Pest Management Practices in Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Farmers’ knowledge of Mexican bean weevil in Loma and Mareka districts in southern Ethiopia.

Variables	District		Mean; N=148	χ^2
	Loma	Mareka
	N=75	N=73
Knowledge of storage pest (%)				0.002
No	6.3	7.3	6.8
Yes	93.7	92.7	93.2
Knowledge of Mexican bean weevil (%)				0.001
No	12.4	14.4	13.4
Yes	87.6	84.2	85.9
Symptoms of Mexican bean weevil (%)				1.559
Never seen	2.5	1.5	2.0
Presence of the eggs	0.7	0.7	0.7
Circular ‘windows’ on the seed	21.5	18.5	20.0
‘Holes’ on the seed	74.4	70.2	72.3
The extent of the Mexican bean weevil problem (%)				0.083
Severe	76.2	71.0	73.6
Moderate	23.7	26.3	25.0
Minor	1.3	1.4	1.4

Note: ns = not significant