Postharvest Practices, Perceptions, and Knowledge of Mycotoxins among Groundnut Farmers in the Adamawa, Centre, and North Regions of Cameroon

Table 4

Groundnut farmers’ knowledge of mycotoxins and aflatoxins in the Adamawa, Centre, and North Cameroon regions.

Knowledge of mycotoxins and aflatoxins	Overall, N = 380^1	Adamawa, N = 99^1	Centre, N = 161^1	North, N = 120^1	value	value
Are you aware of mycotoxins in groundnuts? Yes	45 (12%)	8 (8.1%)	35 (22%)	2 (1.7%)	28.34	<0.001^2
Are you aware of aflatoxins in groundnuts? Yes	0 (0%)	—	—	—	—	—
Are you aware of the link between mould contamination and mycotoxin contamination in groundnuts? Yes	27 (7.1%)	7 (7.1%)	18 (11%)	2 (1.7%)	9.42	0.009^2
Are you aware of the effects of mycotoxins on consumer health? Yes	26 (7%)	7 (7.2%)	17 (11%)	2 (1.8%)	7.86	0.020^2
Knowledge scores					2.43	0.3^2
(0, 10) poor	325 (86%)	88 (89%)	139 (86%)	98 (82%)
(10, 16) good	55 (14%)	11 (11%)	22 (14%)	22 (18%)

¹n (%), ²Pearson’s chi-squared test, ³Fisher’s exact test.