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

Table 2

Storage types, forms of storage, and storage duration of common bean in Loma and Mareka districts in southern Ethiopia.

Variables	Districts		Mean; N=148	χ^2
	Loma	Mareka
	N=75	N=73
Storage type (%)
Polypropylene bags	80.0	70.0	75.0	2.321
Jute/hessian sacks	16.5	14.5	15.5
‘Diya’/Traditional storage	7.6	6.0	6.8
Forms of common bean storage (%)
Pod (unthreshed)	14.5	16.5	15.5	2.321
Seed (threshed)	55.6	66.0	60.8
Both (threshed and unthreshed)	20.0	27.2	23.6
Storage period (%)
1 to 2 Months	34.2	32.0	33.1
3 to 5 Months	67.0	60.0	63.5	5.630
6 to 8 Months	4.4	2.4	3.4

Note: ns = not significant.