An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia

Table 2

Chi-square result for losses of fruits and vegetables after harvest and sociodemographic factors and postharvest handlings activities.

Variable	X^2	d.f.	value
Gender	0.4293	1	0.5124^ns
Age	0.5528	1	0.4572^ns
Educational status	8.9422	3	0.0301
Selling experience	9.5426	4	0.0489
Packaging material	11.6585	2	0.0086
Selling duration	22.1574	2	<0.0001

^nsnonsignificant; significant difference at 5%; significant difference at 1%; significant difference at 0.1%; n = 40.