Table 3.
Grading practice of the farmers in the three districts of Malawi (baseline vs. end-line): percentage of farmers practicing grading, the change, and its statistical significance (n = 306).
| Blantyre | Chikwawa | Nsanje | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crops | Baseline (%) | End-Line (%) | Change in % Point | χ2 (p) | Baseline (%) | End-Line (%) | Change in % Point | χ2 (p) | Baseline (%) | End-Line (%) | Change in % Point | χ2 (p) |
| Maize | 92.0 | 90.4 | 1.6 | 0.651 | 71.2 | 85.2 | 14.0 | 0.890 | 54.8 | 70.5 | 15.7 | 0.355 |
| Groundnut | 92.9 | 76.9 | −15.9 | 0.263 | 73.5 | 88.9 | 15.4 | 0.786 | 58.7 | 86.1 | 27.4** | 0.012 |
| Sorghum | 57.7 | 71.4 | 13.7 | 0.273 | 46.7 | 62.5 | 15.8* | 0.097 | 47.1 | 37.5 | 9.6 | 0.996 |
** and * indicate the statistical significance of the change, corresponding to p < 0.05 and p < 0.10, respectively, according to the Chi square (χ2) test.