Research Article
Current Knowledge and Perception of Edible Grasshopper/Locusts’ Consumption in Western Kenya
Table 7
Reasons for rearing grasshoppers/locusts according to preferences by respondents in western Kenya.
| | Reasons | Highly preferred | Significantly preferred | Moderately preferred | Least preferred | Not preferred | Total (%) | Chi-square (χ2) |
| | Food for man | 324 (50.4) | 88 (13.7) | 77 (12.0) | 72 (11.2) | 82 (12.8) | 643 (100.0) | χ2 = 56.4, d.f. = 4, | | Feed for livestock (e.g., cattle) | 49 (7.6) | 74 (11.5) | 89 (13.8) | 117 (18.2) | 314 (48.8) | 643 (100.0) | χ2 = 54.5, d.f. = 4, | | Feed for chicken | 462 (71.9) | 147 (22.9) | 18 (2.8) | 3 (0.5) | 13 (2.0) | 643 (100.0) | χ2 = 184.2, d.f. = 4, | | Feed for fish | 131 (20.4) | 150 (23.3) | 126 (19.6) | 88 (13.7) | 148 (23.0) | 643 (100.0) | χ2 = 2.7, d.f. = 4, | | Feed for pets and museum animals | 52 (8.1) | 91 (14.2) | 100 (15.6) | 75 (11.7) | 325 (50.5) | 643 (100.0) | χ2 = 60.9, d.f. = 4, |
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Numbers in brackets are in percentages (%).
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