Table 2.
Effect of location (region, R) and treatment (T) (farmers’ practice [no inputs and planted by farmer], control [no input and planted by researcher] and triple super phosphate (TSP) (P) [planted by researcher]) on pod yield of peanut in on-farm demonstrations in northern Ghana in 2015 and 2016.
| Region | No. demonstrations | Farmers’ practice | Control | TSP (P) | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pod yield for 2015 cropping season (tons ha–1) | |||||
| Northern | 10 | 1.747 | 2.038 | 3.118 | 2.301a† |
| Upper East | 3 | 0.571 | 0.831 | 0.831 | 0.744b |
| Upper West | 4 | 1.925 | 1.891 | 3.147 | 2.321a |
| Mean | 17 | 1.582a | 1.79a | 2.721b | |
| LSD (0.05); T = 0.3849, R = 0.5122, and T × R = 0.9163 | |||||
| Pod yield for 2016 cropping season (tons ha–1) | |||||
| Northern | 10 | 2.615 | 3.549 | 4.706 | 3.623b |
| Upper East | 13 | 1.144 | 1.722 | 1.918 | 1.594a |
| Upper West | 5 | 0.627 | 1.155 | 1.444 | 1.075a |
| Mean | 28 | 1.577a | 2.273ab | 2.829b | |
| LSD (0.05); T = 0.7007, R = 0.8955, and T × R = 1.658 | |||||
†
Means in the same column and row followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p ≤ 0.05).