Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Participants’ perceptions on mouldy maize.

No	Participants’ beliefs	Total (n = 314)	Region		df	X^2	value
			Rift Valley (n = 165)	Lower Eastern (n = 149)
1	Mouldy maize is safe for human consumption	11 (3.5%)	2 (1.2%)	9 (6.0%)	1	5.399	0.020
2	Mouldy maize is safe for animal consumption	74 (23.6%)	60 (36.4%)	14 (9.4%)	1	31.611	<0.001
3	Consuming milk from cow fed on mouldy maize is safe	87 (27.7%)	61 (37.0%)	26 (17.4%)	1	14.894	<0.001
4	It is safe to mix wet and dry maize for storage	12 (3.8%)	1 (0.6%)	11 (7.4%)	1	9.782	0.002
5	It is safe for human to consume good-looking but wet/bad smelling maize	7 (2.2%)	3 (1.8%)	4 (2.7%)	1	0.270	0.604
6	It is safe to sell mouldy maize to local brewers	47 (15.0%)	41 (24.8%)	6 (4.0%)	1	26.670	<0.001