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. 2015 Oct 25;2015:759049. doi: 10.1155/2015/759049

Table 2.

Percentage of potato farmers using each group of pesticides by agroecological zone in Uganda.

Percentage of farmers using each pesticide group Entire sample
mean
(n = 204)
Agroecological zone Chi2
SWH (n = 68) EH (n = 68) LAC (n = 68) SWH versus EH SWH versus LAC EH versus LAC
(1) Fungicides 72 100 99 16 1.01ns 98.13∗∗∗ 94.27∗∗∗
(2) Insecticides 62 100 75 12 19.43∗∗∗ 107.37∗∗∗ 55.35∗∗∗
(3) Herbicides 3 0 1 9 1.01ns 6.28∗∗ 3.77

∗∗∗, ∗∗, and indicate statistical significance at P ≤ 0.01, P ≤ 0.05, and P ≤ 0.1, respectively. ns: not statistically different at P ≤ 0.1. n = number of respondents. SWH: southwestern highlands; EH: eastern highlands; LAC = Lake Albert Crescent.