Table 2.

Baseline agricultural practices of the studied households in Mchiniji, Mzimba and Balaka districts, rural Malawi, 2014–2015

Variable/category	No. of households/ total	Frequency (%)
No. of farmers who participated	166/240	69
Grading
Groundnuts graded	73/166	44
Maize graded	38/166	23
Grading criteria
Based on rottenness	9/73	12
Based on size and shape	64/73	88
Fate of grade-outs
Consume in roasted form (mainly groundnuts)	30	42
Consume in the form of peanut butter	24	34
Consume by making into powder (maize to prepare nsima which is a porridge)	24	64
Discard (groundnut)	9	13
Discard (maize)	5	13
Feed to livestock
Groundnut	8	11
Maize	9	23