Table 2 Percentage (±i) respondent relative to barriers to increase maize production in Fako Division of South Western Cameroon
All | Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major constraints | Maumu (n = 35) | Lower Bokova (n = 40) | Ekona(n = 44) | Bonduma (n = 32) | P-values | |
Land | 42.9 ± 7.9a | 22.5 ± 6.7b | 38.6 ± 7.8a | 46.9 ± 8.0a | 0.0015 | 37.1 ± 7.7 |
Labour | 22.9 ± 6.7b | 32.5 ± 7.5a | 18.2 ± 6.1b | 43.8 ± 7.9a | <0.0001 | 28.5 ± 7.2 |
Finances | 48.6 ± 8.0a | 47.5 ± 7.9a | 63.6 ± 7.7a | 62.5 ± 7.7a | 0.1665 | 55.6 ± 7.9 |
Pests and diseases | 97.1 ± 2.7a | 80.0 ± 6.4b | 88.6 ± 5.1b | 75.0 ± 6.9b | <0.0001 | 85.4 ± 5.6 |
Females | ||||||
Land | 55.6 ± 7.9a | 8.3 ± 4.4c | 35.71 ± 7.64b | 64.71 ± 7.62a | 0.0221 | 39.1 ± 7.9 |
Labour | 18.5 ± 6.2c | 29.2 ± 7.3b | 14.29 ± 5.58c | 47.06 ± 7.96a | <0.0001 | 23.6 ± 6.8 |
Finances | 48.2 ± 7.9a | 41.7 ± 7.9a | 61.90 ± 7.75a | 52.94 ± 7.96a | 0.5673 | 52.7 ± 7.9 |
Pests and diseases | 48.2 ± 7.9b | 70.8 ± 7.3a | 88.10 ± 5.16a | 94.12 ± 3.75a | <0.0001 | 87.3 ± 5.3 |
Males | ||||||
Land | 0 | 43.8 ± 7.9b | 100a | 26.7 ± 7.1c | 0.0191 | 31.7 ± 7.4 |
Labour | 37.50 ± 7.72b | 37.5 ± 7.7b | 100b | 40 ± 7.8b | 0.2743 | 41.5 ± 7.9 |
Finances | 50 ± 7.98c | 56.3 ± 7.9c | 100a | 73.3 ± 7.1b | 0.0858 | 63.4 ± 7.7 |
Pests and diseases | 100a | 93.8 ± 3.9a | 100a | 53.3 ± 7.9b | <0.0001 | 80.5 ± 6.3 |