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Table 3 Use of various garden practices at long-term endline between intervention and control

From: Impacts of a home garden intervention in Bangladesh after one, three and six years

Garden practice

Intervention (n = 380)

Control (n = 215)

p-value

Raised beds

0.51 (0.50)

0.37 (0.48)

0.001

Inorganic fertiliser

0.61 (0.49)

0.37 (0.48)

 < 0.001

Composting

0.49 (0.50)

0.31 (0.46)

 < 0.001

Chemical pesticides*

0.69 (0.46)

0.44 (0.50)

 < 0.001

Biopesticides

0.68 (0.47)

0.37 (0.48)

 < 0.001

Mulches

0.27 (0.45)

0.16 (0.37)

0.001

Bagging fruits

0.13 (0.34)

0.05 (0.21)

 < 0.001

Pruning

0.64 (0.48)

0.56 (0.50)

0.039

Stalking/trellis

0.92 (0.27)

0.85 (0.36)

0.017

Strong fences

0.79 (0.41)

0.68 (0.47)

0.005

Irrigation

0.91 (0.28)

0.91 (0.28)

0.950

Total number of practices

5.06 (2.49)

5.06 (2.49)

 < 0.001

  1. Means with standard deviations in brackets. Based on 2019 survey data. Welch two-sample t-tests with unequal variance
  2. *Chemical pesticides were not recommended during the training