Table 2.
Percentage of farmers using each pesticide group |
Entire sample mean (n = 204) |
Agroecological zone | Chi2 | ||||
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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.