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

Table 1

Socioeconomic and farm characteristics of the respondents in Loma and Mareka districts in southern Ethiopia.

Characteristics	Districts		Mean; N=148	χ^2	T-test
	Loma	Mareka
	N=75	N=73
Gender (%)
Male	84.1	90.9	87.5	0.257
Female	15.9	9.1	12.5
Level of education (%)				4.254
Illiterate	18.1	16.1	17.1
Primary school	54.2	56	55.1
Secondary school	21.4	21.8	21.6
College diploma	6.4	4.2	5.3
Degree and above	0.0	1.8	0.9
Age of the farmer (years)	47.8	51.8	49.8		-2.357
Number of family size	5.8	5.8	5.8		0.045
Common bean farming experience (years)	6.4	7.0	6.7		-2.023
Type of farming system				1.363
Mixed farming	89.2	85.1	87.2
Crop production	10.8	14.9	12.8
Total land (ha)	3.0	3.1	3.1		0.050
Land allocated for common bean (ha)	0.5	0.8	0.7		1.186
Purpose of production				0.561
For selling	6.4	8.4	7.4
Consumption	59.8	58.5	59.2
Both	33.8	32.7	33.3

Note: statistically significant at P < 0.05; ns = not significant.