Pumpkin and watermelon production constraints and management practices in Uganda

Table 3 Predominant cropping systems of watermelon and pumpkin by gender in the study areas

Gender/ Production system	Regions									Total no. of farmers	%	Mean	SD	SE	t-test	CI	Probability
Gender/ Production system	Acholi	Central	East Central	Elgon	Lango	South Western	Teso	Western	West Nile	Total no. of farmers	%	Mean	SD	SE	t-test	CI	Probability
Male	4	19	4	7	4	5	10	11	5	69	65.71	4.94	2.78	0.33	0.20	4.28 ± 5.61	0.84
Female	2	4	5	6	5	6	2	2	4	36	34.29	4.83	2.24	0.37	0.20	4.08 ± 5.59	0.84
Pumpkin only	6	12	9	9	9	11	12	13	9	90	85.71	5.3	2.57	0.27	4.11	4.76 ± 5.84	< 0.001*
Watermelon only	0	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	14.28	2.53	0.91	0.23	4.11	2.03 ± 3.05	< 0.001*
Intercropping ^a	6	14	9	9	9	11	12	13	9	90	85.71	5.30	1.16	2.57	4.22	4.76 ± 5.83	< 0.001*

SD Standard deviation
SE Standard error
CI Lower and upper boundaries of confidence interval for the mean
^aindicates intercropping with maize, sorghum, banana, cassava, yam, or tree crops
^*denotes significant differences

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