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Table 4 Factors influencing the degree to which farmers are willing to support a biological control initiative

From: Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya

Variable

LR Chi2

Df

Pr(> Chi2)

County

17.1679

3

0.0006527***

Gender

9.0689

1

0.0025999**

Health risk

6.0907

2

0.0475794*

Heard of biological control

3.9587

1

0.0466298*

Perception of biological control

16.3649

2

0.0002795***

Belonging to a group

4.3814

1

0.0363339*

Received IPM training

17.5039

1

2.867e−05***

  1. Ordinal logistic regression results; analysis of deviance
  2. Significance *** 0.001, ** 0.01, * 0.05
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

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