Table 4 Proportions of farmers accessing plant health system services by county
Variable | Pooled | Juba | Yambio | Yei | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Access to extension/advisory services | 10.82 | 1.32 | 2.90 | 27.76 | 0.000 |
Extension delivery method | |||||
Personal contact | 46.77 | 0.00 | 9.09 | 52.78 | |
Training session | 32.26 | 0.00 | 81.82 | 28.70 | 0.000 |
Site visits | 5.65 | 80.00 | 9.09 | 1.85 | |
Mobile phone | 15.32 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 16.67 | |
Frequency of extension contacts | 0.000 | ||||
Four times and more | 6.45 | 0.00 | 18.18 | 5.56 | |
Once | 13.71 | 80.00 | 9.09 | 11.11 | |
Thrice | 25.81 | 0.00 | 63.64 | 23.15 | |
Twice | 54.03 | 20.00 | 9.09 | 60.19 | |
Source of extension service | 0.000 | ||||
NGOs/UN agencies | 37.10 | 40.00 | 72.73 | 33.33 | |
Lead farmers | 23.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.85 | |
Farmer training centers | 18.55 | 20.00 | 9.09 | 19.44 | |
Contact farmers | 11.29 | 0.00 | 9.09 | 12.04 | |
State/county agriculture department | 9.68 | 40.00 | 9.09 | 8.33 | |
Information on emerging pests | 22.25 | 18.78 | 9.23 | 38.30 | 0.000 |
Source of insect pest/disease information | 0.000 | ||||
NGOs | 60.56 | 22.86 | 36.91 | 41.57 | |
Radio | 21.13 | 37.14 | 56.38 | 43.92 | |
Payam extension staff | 9.86 | 14.29 | 3.36 | 6.67 | |
County extension staff | 2.82 | 5.71 | 0.00 | 1.57 | |
Fellow farmers | 4.23 | 8.57 | 0.67 | 2.75 | |
Relatives/neighbours | 1.41 | 11.43 | 2.68 | 3.53 | |
Awareness of training in pest management | 23.21 | 21.96 | 10.03 | 37.28 | 0.000 |
Attended training on pest management | 17.19 | 14.55 | 5.28 | 31.36 | 0.000 |