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Table 5.

Sources of pesticides and pesticide information for potato farmers in Uganda.

	Entire sample (mean)	Agroecological zone			Chi²
	Entire sample (mean)	SWH	EH	LAC	SWH versus EH	SWH versus LAC	EH versus LAC
Percentage of farmers who received information about choice of a pesticide to buy or apply	n = 154	n = 68	n = 67	n = 19

(1) Agrochemical retailers	34	29	36	42	5.47^ns	1.81^ns	1.11^ns
(2) Other farmers	45	54	37	42
(3) Previous experience	19	13	25	16
(4) Agriculture extension officers	2	3	1	0

Percentage of farmers who received information about pesticide doses	n = 155	n = 68	n = 67	n = 20

(1) Agrochemical retailers	33	26	34	50	12.52^∗∗	4.50^ns	4.09^ns
(2) Other farmers	21	31	10	20
(3) Previous experience/can read	45	38	55	30
(4) Agriculture extension officers	1	3	0	0
(5) Agrochemical retailers + agriculture extension officers	1	1	0	0

Place where pesticides were bought	n = 156	n = 68	n = 68	n = 20

(1) Agrochemical retailers	60	35	90	40	43.03^∗∗∗	0.41^ns	22.55^∗∗∗
(2) General household merchandise shops	40	63	10	60
(3) Other farmers	1	1	0	0

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