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Table 7 Management strategies for moisture and heat stress across four villages

From: Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe

 

Village

Average (%)

 

Stress

Strategy

Gudyanga (%)

Maunganidze (%)

Nenhowe (%)

Tonhorai (%)

P value

Moisture

Soil mulching

29 (2)

16 (2)

6 (7)

14 (2)

18 (1)

0.040*

Reducing acreage

11 (3)

5 (6)

17 (3)

14 (2)

11 (3)

0.051

Use of ridges

9 (5)

14 (3)

22 (2)

9 (5)

12 (2)

0.049*

Cultivating to retain more moisture in soil

6 (5)

14 (3)

11 (4)

14 (2)

11 (3)

0.053

Adjusting planting dates

0 (7)

8 (5)

0 (7)

3 (6)

3 (6)

0.053

No control strategy

40 (1)

38 (1)

33 (1)

43 (1)

39 (NC)a

0.052

Watering of plants at night

6 (6)

5 (6)

11 (4)

3 (6)

6 (5)

0.053

Heat

Adjusting planting dates

18 (4)

22 (2)

56 (1)

38 (1)

29 (2)

0.006*

Irrigating at night

24 (2)

49 (1)

25 (2)

21 (3)

32 (1)

0.027*

No control strategy

24 (2)

16 (3)

6 (4)

25 (2)

19 (NC)

0.042*

Mulching

33 (1)

14 (4)

13 (3)

17 (4)

20 (3)

0.041*

  1. The % indicates the percentage of respondents using that respective strategy
  2. *Denotes that the village differed significantly at P ≤ 0.05
  3. aNC not a control/management strategy (represents percentage of farmers who reported that they do not use any control or management strategy)