Skip to main content

Table 11 Moisture content of bean grain stored by farmers under different for durations

From: The cost of inadequate postharvest management of pulse grain: Farmer losses due to handling and storage practices in Uganda

Storage duration

Obs

Mean moisture content (%)

p-value

 

(n = 371)

Overall

Farmers with ≤ 13% MC

Farmers with > 13% MC

01—30 days

51.2%

15.0 (0.143)

11.2 (0.113)

16.3 (0.129)

0.0000

31—60 days

21.3%

14.6 (0.222)

11.1 (0.166)

15.9 (0.215)

0.0000

61—90 days

04.8%

15.2 0.286)

11.5 (1.450)

15.4 (0.268)

0.0042

91 & > days

22.3%

15.2 (0.247)

11.8 (0.122)

16.6 (0.272)

0.0000

  1. The number of observations is based on the number of bean samples; MC denotes moisture content; and values in parenthesis are standard errors. Source: Field study, 2019
Back to article page

Agriculture & Food Security

ISSN: 2048-7010