Research Article
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 | χ2 | 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 | |
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Note: ns = not significant.
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