Table 5 Practices and effects of mosquitoes on activities in community gardens
Category | No. of respondents | Proportion within each category (%) |
|---|---|---|
Among the following items, your plot contains (multiple answers possible) | ||
Hut | 133 | 88.7 |
Rainwater recuperator | 129 | 86 |
Composter | 110 | 73.3 |
Flower pot | 57 | 38 |
No garden equipment | 20 | 13.3 |
Greenhouse | 17 | 11.3 |
Planter | 41 | 7.3 |
Which kind of agricultural practice do you use? (multiple answers allowed) | ||
Organic farming | 157 | 65.1 |
Permaculture | 109 | 45.2 |
Conventional farming | 61 | 25.3 |
Farming without soil | 21 | 8.7 |
Don’t know | 12 | 5 |
In the garden you frequent, which do you use? (multiple answers allowed) | ||
Organic fertilizers (manure, compost, etc.) | 223 | 92.5 |
Chemical fertilizers | 9 | 3.7 |
Insecticides | 5 | 2.1 |
Did you modify any of your practices in the community garden because of the presence of mosquitoes? | ||
None | 61 | 30.3 |
Some | 119 | 59.2 |
All | 21 | 10.4 |
Did you perform or limit certain practices to avoid the proliferation of mosquitoes? | ||
Never | 57 | 24.8 |
Occasionally | 136 | 59.1 |
Very often | 37 | 16.1 |