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Table 8 Navy bean marketing constraints experienced by farmers

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

 

Sex

Constraint

Gudyanga (%)

Maunganidze (%)

Nenhowe (%)

Tonhorai (%)

Mean (%)

Rank

P value

Male

Delayed payment by contractor

72

60

24

68

56

3

0.033*

Breach of contract by contractor

0

0

0

64

16

7

0.022*

Low grain producer price

36

28

96

44

51

4

0.019*

Lack of diversity in terms of buyers/off-takers

48

92

84

64

72

2

0.081

None

0

0

0

20

5

NCa

0.107

Expensive packaging material

48

20

0

0

17

7

0.021*

Non-payment for produce in hard currency

100

52

100

96

87

1

0.062

Inflation eroding the value of the produce

48

56

48

44

49

5

0.421

Lack of transport to ferry produce

24

72

12

0

27

6

0.033*

Non-transparent grain grading

24

20

24

0

17

7

0.081

Female

Delayed payment by contractor

72

64

20

56

53

3

0.054

Breach of contract by contractor

24

28

0

44

24

6

0.065

Low grain producer price

64

100

60

36

65

2

0.050*

Lack of diversity in terms of buyers/off-takers

64

28

40

76

52

4

0.056

None

0

0

30

24

13.5

NC

0.003*

Expensive packaging material

28

0

40

0

17

7

0.028*

Non-payment for produce in hard currency

100

40

100

100

85

1

0.148

Inflation eroding the value of the produce

0

44

80

24

37

5

0.009*

Lack of transport to ferry produce

24

28

0

0

13

9

0.157

Non-transparent grain grading

0

48

0

12

15

8

0.025*

  1. The % indicates the percentage of respondents experiencing the respective constraint
  2. *Denotes that the villages differed significantly at P ≤ 0.05
  3. aNC not a constraint (represents percentage of farmers who reported that they do not experience any marketing constraint)