Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study.


Journal

International journal of microbiology
ISSN: 1687-918X
Titre abrégé: Int J Microbiol
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 101516125

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 05 07 2019
revised: 19 11 2019
accepted: 09 01 2020
entrez: 25 2 2020
pubmed: 25 2 2020
medline: 25 2 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

An assessment of local farmers' knowledge, attitude, and practices on postharvest maize storage and management was carried out with a view of understanding its role in maize contamination with mycotoxins and postharvest losses in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya among 165 and 149 farmers, respectively. Differences between the two regions were analyzed using the Chi-square test, Fisher exact test, and two-sample

Identifiants

pubmed: 32089695
doi: 10.1155/2020/6109214
pmc: PMC7016483
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

6109214

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Peter Koskei et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Peter Koskei (P)

School of Public Health, Moi University, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.
School of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

Christine C Bii (CC)

Kenya Medical Research Institute, P.O. Box 54840 00200, Mbagathi Road, Nairobi, Kenya.

Protus Musotsi (P)

School of Public Health, Moi University, P.O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya.

Simon Muturi Karanja (S)

School of Public Health, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.

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