Determinants of the Use of Hermetic Storage Bags for Maize Storage among Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Distribution of sample households by frequency of extension visits, attendance in PICS training, and credit access.

Item		User		Nonuser		Total		χ^2 test
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Extension contact
	Once a month	108	55.1	152	77.6	260	66.3	22.2
	Twice a month	64	32.7	31	15.8	95	24.2
	Three times a month	16	8.2	9	4.6	25	6.4
	More than three times a month	8	4.1	4	2	12	3.1
	No visit	0	0	0	0	0	0
PICS training								79.9
	Yes	75	38.3	4	2	79	20.2
	No	121	61.7	192	98	313	79.8
Credit access								82.03
	Yes	134	68.4	44	22.7	178	45.6
	No	62	31.6	150	77.3	212	54.4

: significant at .