Table 4.
Sources of seed and where farmers sell their watermelon and pumpkin fruits in surveyed areas in Uganda
| Regions | Total | Frequency | df | χ2 | P | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acholi | Central | East Central | Elgon | Lango | South western | Teso | West Nile | Western | ||||||
| Source of seed | ||||||||||||||
| Agro-input shops | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14.29 | 24 | 68.54 | < 0.001* |
| Friend/fellow farmer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7.62 | |||
| Market | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8.57 | |||
| Farm-saved seeds | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 69.52 | |||
| Market outlets | ||||||||||||||
| Farm gate | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15.24 | 16 | 59.59 | < 0.001* |
| Local open market | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 54.29 | |||
| Traders | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 30.48 | |||
df degree of freedom
χ2 chi-square value for the measure of association
P probability value
*denotes significant differences