Table 6 Navy bean production constraints experienced by farmers
Villages | ||||||||||||
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Sex | Constraint | Gudyanga (%) rank | Maunganidze (%) rank | Nenhowe (%) rank | Tonhorai (%) rank | Mean (%) | Overall rank | P value | ||||
Females | Heat stress | 60 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 0.046* |
Drought stress | 84 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 0.025* | |
Susceptibility to pod shattering | 32 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0.208 | |
Poor soil fertility | 36 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0.042* | |
Diseases | 24 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 0.417 | |
Insect pests | 28 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0.417 | |
Seed availability | 24 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 7 | 0.152 | |
Low-yielding cultivars | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0.591 | |
Power outages | 48 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0.083 | |
Shortage of labour | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0.556 | |
Lack of access to transport | 24 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 0.556 | |
Males | Heat stress | 48 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 0.018* |
Drought stress | 76 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0.028* | |
Susceptibility to pod shattering | 44 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 0.139 | |
Poor soil fertility | 28 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 0.062 | |
Diseases | 24 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 0.152 | |
Insect pests | 28 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 8 | 0.139 | |
Seed availability | 24 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 0.556 | |
Low-yielding cultivars | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 0.556 | |
Power outages | 60 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 0.046* | |
Shortage of labour | 80 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 0.417 | |
Lack of access to transport | 96 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 0.417 | |