Research Article
Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Postharvest maize storage practices.
| | No | Postharvest maize storage practices | Total (n = 314) | Region | X2 | df | value | | Rift Valley (n = 165) | Lower Eastern (n = 149) |
| | Postharvest maize cob management methods | | 1 | Leave maize pile in the field without covering | 148 (47.1%) | 60 (36.4%) | 88 (59.1%) | 16.187 | 1 | <0.001 | | 2 | Bring home and pile in a separate room | 152 (48.4%) | 102 (61.8%) | 50 (33.6%) | 25.039 | 1 | <0.001 | | 3 | Leave maize pile in the field covered | 106 (33.8%) | 24 (14.5%) | 82 (55.0%) | 57.397 | 1 | <0.001 | | 4 | Dry off the ground on tarpaulin | 125 (39.8%) | 28 (17.0%) | 97 (65.1%) | 75.697 | 1 | <0.001 | | 5 | Consume and sell as green maize | 104 (33.1%) | 33 (20.0%) | 71 (47.7%) | 27.025 | 1 | <0.001 | | 6 | Take to commercial storage facility | 11 (3.5%) | 3 (1.8%) | 8 (5.4%) | 2.920 | 1 | 0.087 | | 7 | Method of drying – sun-drying | 314 (100.0%) | 165 (100.0%) | 149 (100.0%) | | | | | 8 | Cleans storage facility of all previous year remnants prior to storing | 309 (98.4%) | 165 (100.0%) | 144 (96.6%) | | | 0.023 | | 9 | Frequency of storing maize on dehusked cobs | | | | | | | | Never | 206 (65.6%) | 117 (70.9%) | 89 (59.7%) | | | 0.037 | | Always | 108 (34.4%) | 48 (29.1%) | 60 (40.3%) | | | 10 | Frequency of storing maize as grains | | | | | | | | Never | 7 (2.2%) | 7 (4.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | | | 0.011 | | Always | 307 (97.8%) | 158 (95.8%) | 149 (100.0%) | | | 11 | Frequency of storing maize in the husk | | | | | | | | Never | 262 (83.4%) | 134 (81.2%) | 128 (85.9%) | | | 0.264 | | Always | 52 (26.6%) | 31 (18.8%) | 21 (14.1%) | | | 12 | Agrees that own grains were dry last season | | | | | | | | Yes | 306 (97.5%) | 161 (97.6%) | 145 (97.3%) | | | 1.000 | | No | 7 (2.2%) | 4 (2.4%) | 3 (2.0%) | |
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Results are for Fischer’s exact test. |
