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Table 2 Major crops grown by different gender categories in Busia district

From: Men and women’s perception of yellow-root cassava among rural farmers in eastern Uganda

Crop

Men (%)

Women (%)

MY (%)

FY (%)

Overall (%)

Food

Cash

Food

Cash

Food

Cash

Food

Cash

Food

Cash

Cassava

20

9

20

14

20

12

21

17

100

71.2

Maize

19

9

17

13

19

12

21

17

93.8

69.9

Sweet potato

9

1

14

1

10

2

11

4

54.3

11.0

Beans

10

3

8

4

12

6

13

4

53.1

23.3

Sorghum

9

3

4

0

6

3

9

3

34.6

12.3

  1. MY male youth, FM female youth, Chi-square test for food crops grown and gender is: \(\chi^{2} = 28.55\), \(P = 0.688\); Chi-square test cash crop grown and gender is: \(\chi^{2} = 43.51\), \(P = 0.535\)