Table 3. Farmers’ perception of susceptibility of crops to termite damage and time of crop damage in eastern Zambia (source: Sileshi, unpublished data)
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Crop |
Rating of crop as susceptible (%)a |
Rating of time of crop damage (% of
respondentsb) |
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Continuous |
Dry spell
(rainy season) |
Dry season |
Do not known |
Period of highest damage |
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Maize |
100.0 (87) |
2.1 |
88.4 |
8.4 |
1.1 |
Flowering onward (83.1%) |
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Groundnut |
89.7 (78) |
0 |
84.6 |
12.8 |
2.6 |
Flowering onward (82.1%) |
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Sunflower |
27.6 (24) |
0 |
70.8 |
29.2 |
0 |
Flowering onward (85.0%) |
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Cotton |
26.4 (23) |
4.4 |
95.6 |
0 |
0 |
Flowering onward (69.5%) |
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Soybean |
21.8 (19) |
10.5 |
73.7 |
15.8 |
0 |
Flowering onward (73.7%) |
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Beans |
19.5 (17) |
17.7 |
76.5 |
0 |
5.9 |
Flowering onward (65.7%) |
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Cassava |
13.8 (12) |
33.3 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
0 |
Maturity (41.7%) |
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Sugar cane |
4.6 (4) |
25.0 |
0 |
75.0 |
0 |
Throughout the year (100%) |
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aFigures in parentheses represent the total number of
respondents bThe % was calculated using the respective
number of respondents for each crop (figures in parentheses in column
2)
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