Table 2 Adoption level of recommended practices to control the spread of the BXW as part of Ugandan banana-growing households’ livelihood strategy
From: Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)
BXW control practices | All sample | Non-adopters (0 practices) | 1 practice | 2 practices | 3 practices | Full-adopters (4 practices) | F test1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(obs. 1058) | (obs. 235) | (obs. 319) | (obs. 277) | (obs. 225) | (obs. 2) | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
De-budding (1 yes) | 0.50 (0.50) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.55 (0.50) | 0.43 (0.50) | 0.99 (0.09) | 1.00 (0.00) | 206.26*** |
Disinfecting tools (1 yes) | 0.38 (0.49) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.01 (0.11) | 0.62 (0.49) | 1.00 (0.00) | 1.00 (0.00) | 682.41*** |
Removal of infected plants (1 Yes) | 0.58 (0.49) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.41 (0.49) | 0.94 (0.24) | 1.00 (0.07) | 1.00 (0.00) | 453.99*** |
Clean planting material (1 yes) | 0.01 (0.10) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.01 (0.08) | 0.01 (0.10) | 0.01 (0.11) | 1.00 (0.00) | 66.20*** |