Table 3 Farmers’ and traders’ perception on pre-and post-harvest practices that lead to aflatoxin contamination (n = 105, %) in eastern Ethiopia in 2014
Questions | Responses | Proportions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Farmers | Traders | ||
1. Do you dry nuts? | Yes | 69 (92 %) | 25 (83.3 %) |
No | 6 (8 %)* | 5 (16.7 %) | |
2. What drying method(s) do you use? Or are you aware of drying method(s)? | Spreading on the ground | 65 (86.7 %) | 23 (76.7 %) |
On raised platform | 10 (13.3 %) | 7 (23.3 %) | |
3.Do you store in mixed used structures? | Yes | 70 (93.3 %) | 20 (66.7 %) |
No | 5 (6.7 %) | 10 (33.3 %) | |
4. What storage method do you use? | Polythene sacks | 72 (96 %) | 21 (70 %) |
Jute sacks | 3 (4 %) | 9 (30 %) | |
5. Do you sort nuts? | Yes | 55 (73.3 %) | 27 (90 %) |
No | 20 (26.7 %) | 3 (10 %) | |
6. How do you identify spoiled nuts? | Change in Color | 71 (94.6 %) | 24 (80 %) |
Insect Infestation | 4 (5.4 %) | 6 (20 %) | |
7. What do you do to spoiled nuts? | Throw away | 70 (93.3 %) | 26 (86.7 %) |
Processed to soup | 5 (6.7 %) | 4 (13.3 %) | |
8 Does mechanical injury to pods lead to AF contamination? | Yes | 35 (46.7 %) | 10 (33.3 %) |
No | 40 (53.3 %) | 20 (66.7 %) | |
9. Does end of season drought for 20 days lead to AF contamination? | Yes | 25 (33.3 %) | 5 (16.7 %) |
No | 50 (66.7 %) | 25 (83.3 %) | |
10. Does aflatoxin contamination occur at any time during pre-harvest? | Yes | 20 (26.7 %) | 3 (10 %) |
No | 55 (73.3 %) | 90 %) | |