Table 3.
Predominant cropping systems of watermelon and pumpkin by gender in the study areas
| Gender/ Production system | Regions | Total no. of farmers | % | Mean | SD | SE | t-test | CI | Probability | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acholi | Central | East Central | Elgon | Lango | South Western | Teso | Western | West Nile | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 4 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 69 | 65.71 | 4.94 | 2.78 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 4.28 ± 5.61 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Female | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 34.29 | 4.83 | 2.24 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 4.08 ± 5.59 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Pumpkin only | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 90 | 85.71 | 5.3 | 2.57 | 0.27 | 4.11 | 4.76 ± 5.84 | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Watermelon only | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14.28 | 2.53 | 0.91 | 0.23 | 4.11 | 2.03 ± 3.05 | < 0.001* | ||||||
| Intercropping a | 6 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 90 | 85.71 | 5.30 | 1.16 | 2.57 | 4.22 | 4.76 ± 5.83 | < 0.001* | ||||||
SD Standard deviation
SE Standard error
CI Lower and upper boundaries of confidence interval for the mean
aindicates intercropping with maize, sorghum, banana, cassava, yam, or tree crops
*denotes significant differences