Research Article
Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 9
Maize disposal practices in the study sites.
| No | Maize disposal practices | Total (n = 314) | Region | X2 | df | value | Rift Valley (n = 165) | Lower Eastern (n = 149) |
| 1 | Participants who took maize from storage for sale in the month of harvest | 99 (31.5%) | 82 (49.7%) | 17 (11.5%) | 53.167 | 1 | <0.001 |
| 2 | Median selling price | 2500 | 2400 | 3250 | | | |
| 3 | Quality of grains sold (n = 99) | | | | | | | Poor | 3 (3.0%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.864 | 2 | 0.642 | Fair | 1 (1.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | Good | 95 (96.0%) | 78 (95.1%) | 17 (100.0%) |
| 4 | Buyer of the largest sale in the month (n = 93) | | | | | | | Business people | 69 (74.2%) | 58 (71.8%) | 15 (86.7%) | 3.021 | 3 | 0.388 | Cereals dealer | 6 (6.5%) | 8 (7.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | Local consumer | 15 (16.1%) | 13 (16.7%) | 2 (13.3%) | School | 3 (3.2%) | 3 (3.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 5 | Participants who had discoloured, damaged, or mouldy maize in their sale | 14 (14.7%) | 12 (14.6%) | 2 (15.4%) | | | |
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