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Table 1 Household characteristics of interviewed sweetpotato farmers in the six districts of Uganda and their sweetpotato production practices/techniques, August-October 2011

From: Insect pests of sweetpotato in Uganda: farmers’ perceptions of their importance and control practices

Household characteristics

Gulu

Kabale

Kasese

Masindi

Soroti

Wakiso

p-value (N/A = not applicable)

Female respondents (%)

53.1

62.5

59.4

75.0

37.5

78.1

N/A

Female headed households (%)

28.1

28.1

21.9

28.1

15.6

43.8

N/A

No formal education (%)

28.1

25.0

18.8

9.4

6.3

20.0

N/A

≤7 years of formal education (%)

40.6

65.6

56.3

46.9

71.9

60.0

N/A

>7 years of formal education (%)

31.3

9.4

25.0

43.8

21.9

20.0

N/A

Mean elevation (m a.s.l.)

1091cd

2090a

1006e

1124c

1079d

1191b

<0.0001

Mean age of respondent (years)

43.7 ± 2.6a

40.0 ± 2.0a

41.2 ± 2.4a

44.9 ± 2.4a

44.1 ± 2.0a

45.8 ± 2.4a

0.7024

Mean household size (persons)

10.2 ± 1.3a

5.9 ± 0.5c

6.6 ± 0.5bc

6.5 ± 0.6c

8.6 ± 0.7ab

7.5 ± 0.8bc

0.0002

Mean rotation duration (months)

20.4 ± 2.2ab

11.0 ± 1.7c

6.6 ± 0.8c

17.2 ± 1.4b

23.3 ± 2.1a

9.1 ± 1.1c

<0.0001

Mean years of growing sweetpotato

25.1 ± 2.7ab

19.6 ± 1.9abc

16.8 ± 2.0c

26.3 ± 2.3a

23.8 ± 1.9ab

19.7 ± 2.4bc

0.0179

Mean sweetpotato acreage in 2011 (ha)

0.3 ± 0.1ab

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.2 ± 0.0b

0.3 ± 0.0ab

0.4 ± 0.1a

0.1393

Arable land devoted to sweetpotato (%)

12.3 ± 3.1b

30.5 ± 5.0a

17.9 ± 3.8b

14.1 ± 2.0b

20.0 ± 3.5b

31.1 ± 5.1a

<0.0001

Mean total land holding (ha)

100.2 ± 82.3a

2.9 ± 1.7a

2.4 ± 0.5a

6.6 ± 2.8a

2.4 ± 0.3a

1.3 ± 0.2a

0.2625

Total land cropped (%)

59.5 ± 6.3c

85.8 ± 5.6ab

85.4 ± 3.9ab

63.6 ± 5.9c

77.8 ± 5.6b

93.9 ± 3.0a

<0.0001

  1. Means followed by the same letter in the same row are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05, Fisher’s least significant difference). Values are means ± SE.