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Table 8 Use of pesticides, fertilizers, and farmyard manure (FYM) of small scale (SS), medium scale (MS) and large scale (LS) date palm growers in four provinces (Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Baluchistan) of Pakistan interviewed during 2012–2013

From: Socio-economic characterisation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) growers and date value chains in Pakistan

Variable

SS growers (n = 121)

MS growers (n = 30)

LS growers (n = 19)

χ2

P

Use of pesticide

Yes

69

47

42

9.038

≤0.011

No

31

53

58

Use of fertilizer

Yes

98

77

79

18.484

≤0.001

No

2

23

21

Use of FYM

Yes

66

63

37

6.010

≤0.050

No

34

37

63