Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey respondents (multiple responses possible)
Characteristic | Category | Farmers’ response N (%) | X² | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fogera (N = 50) | Mecha (N = 53) | ||||
Age | Mid age | 27 (54%) | 30 (57%) | 0.164 | 0.921 |
| Â | Old | 9 (18%) | 8 (15%) | Â | Â |
| Â | Young | 14 (28%) | 15 (28%) | Â | Â |
Educational level | Grade 9-college | 3 (6%) | 4 (8%) | 2.446 | 0.485 |
| Â | Illiterate | 15 (30%) | 23 (43%) | Â | Â |
|  | Grade 1–4 | 21 (42%) | 18 (34%) |  |  |
|  | Grade 5–8 | 11 (22%) | 8 (15%) |  |  |
Farm size | 0.5-1Â ha | 13 (26%) | 15 (28%) | 3.14 | 0.209 |
|  | < 0.5 ha | 13 (26%) | 21 (40%) |  |  |
|  | > 1 ha | 13 (26%) | 17 (32%) |  |  |
Number of total family | 1–3 | 10 (20%) | 9 (17%) | 8.4 | 0.015 |
|  | 4–6 | 28 (56%) | 17 (32%) |  |  |
|  | 7–11 | 12 (24%) | 27 (51%) |  |  |