Research Article
Postharvest Practices, Perceptions, and Knowledge of Mycotoxins among Groundnut Farmers in the Adamawa, Centre, and North Regions of Cameroon
Table 3
Postharvest practices of groundnut farmers.
| | Postharvest practices | Overall, N = 3801 | Adamawa, N = 991 | Centre, N = 1611 | North, N = 1201 | value | value |
| | Drying pods after harvesting | 380 (100%) | 99 (100%) | 161 (100%) | 120 (100%) | — | — | | Duration of pod drying | 156.3 | <0.0012 | | 0–7 days | 220 (59%) | 35 (37%) | 151 (94%) | 34 (29%) | | | | 8–14 days | 112 (30%) | 36 (38%) | 8 (5%) | 68 (57%) | | | | Above 14 days | 43 (11%) | 24 (25%) | 2 (1.2%) | 17 (14%) | | | | Sorting | 329 (87%) | 90 (91%) | 155 (96%) | 84 (70%) | 13.13 | <0.0012 | | Drying location | — | 0.0123 | | Home | 363 (96%) | 94 (95%) | 159 (99%) | 110 (92%) | | | | Field | 17 (4.5%) | 5 (5.1%) | 2 (1.2%) | 10 (8.3%) | | | | Drying method | — | <0.0013 | | In the sun with dryer | 45 (12%) | 1 (1.0%) | 44 (27%) | 0 (0%) | | | | In the sun without dryer | 323 (87%) | 96 (97%) | 117 (73%) | 110 (98%) | | | | Others | 2 (0.5%) | 2 (2.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | | | Under shade | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.8%) | | | | Drying surface | 41.86 | <0.0012 | | On the ground | 214 (58%) | 73 (74%) | 75 (47%) | 66 (59%) | | | | Cemented area | 23 (6.2%) | 0 (0%) | 23 (14%) | 0 (0%) | | | | On a tarpaulin | 135 (36%) | 26 (26%) | 63 (39%) | 46 (41%) | | | | Good drying indicator | | Sound of seed in pod | 322 (85%) | 95 (96%) | 131 (81%) | 96 (80%) | 13.13 | 0.0012 | | Pod cracks easily | 156 (41%) | 12 (12%) | 125 (78%) | 19 (16%) | 154.8 | <0.0012 | | Other method | 13 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (8.1%) | 0 (0%) | — | <0.0013 | | Using a moisture meter | 0 (0%) | — | — | — | — | — | | Grain deterioration indicator | | Color other than that typical of the seed | 291 (77%) | 91 (92%) | 118 (73%) | 82 (68%) | 18.50 | <0.0012 | | Taste (Bitter) | 109 (29%) | 23 (23%) | 64 (40%) | 22 (18%) | 17.36 | <0.0012 | | No insect damage | 109 (29%) | 10 (10%) | 68 (42%) | 31 (26%) | 31.64 | <0.0012 | | Others | 49 (13%) | 13 (13%) | 23 (14%) | 13 (11%) | 0.73 | 0.72 | | Duration of storage in pods | — | <0.0013 | | 0–3 months | 52 (16%) | 6 (7.3%) | 44 (35%) | 2 (1.7%) | | | | 3–6 months | 49 (15%) | 10 (12%) | 15 (12%) | 24 (20%) | | | | >6 months | 224 (69%) | 66 (80%) | 66 (53%) | 92 (78%) | | | | Type of bags used for storage | — | <0.0013 | | Polypropylene bags | 273 (75%) | 85 (99%) | 87 (54%) | 101 (86%) | | | | Jute bag | 19 (5.2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (3.1%) | 14 (12%) | | | | Polyethylene bags | 50 (14%) | 1 (1.2%) | 49 (31%) | 0 (0%) | | | | Hermetic bag | 17 (4.7%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (11%) | 0 (0%) | | | | Others | 4 (1.1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (1.3%) | 2 (1.7%) | | | | Threshing method used | 257.4 | <0.0012 | | Hand threshing | 258 (68%) | 29 (29%) | 161 (100%) | 68 (57%) | | | | Use thresher | 86 (23%) | 69 (70%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (14%) | | | | Both | 36 (9%) | 1 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) | 35 (29%) | | | | Practice scores | — | 0.17843 | | Poor (0–7) | 375 (98.7%) | 98 (99%) | 157 (98%) | 120 (100%) | | | | Good (8–12) | 5 (1.3%) | 1 (1.0%) | 4 (2.5%) | 0 (0%) | | |
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1n (%), 2Pearson’s chi-squared test, 3Fisher’s exact test.
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