Date Palm Production Practices and Constraints in the Value Chain in Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 5

Common insect pests by date palm type in the study areas.

Types of insect pests	Type of date palm			Frequency of HHs ()	(%)
	Local date palm variety	Improved date palm variety
Aphids	9	1	19.628	10	8.5
Stock borer	9	10		19	16.2
Scales	11	1		12	10.3
Red palm mite	4	2		6	5.1
Weevils	60	7		67	57.3
Mealy bug	2	1		3	2.6

Note. : number of respondent household heads; HHs: household heads; statistically significant at a significant level of .