Table 2 Kersting’s groundnut grains storage constraints and proposed solutions to overcome them throughout the study area in function of regions, gender and sociolinguistic groups

Constraints

(N = 28)

(N = 51)

(N = 57)

(N = 22)

(N = 42)

(N = 29)

(N = 5)

(N = 2)

(N = 1)

(N = 79)

 Insects attacks

78.6

86.3

84.2

81.8

85.7

82.7

60

100

100

83.6

 Long duration of seeds drying

17.8

7.8

10.5

13.6

9.5

13.8

20

–

–

11.4

 Loss of seeds stored germination

–

3.9

1.8

4.6

4.8

–

20

–

–

2.5

 Lack of good storage containers

3.6

2

3.5

–

–

3.5

–

–

–

2.5

Proposed solutions

(N = 14)

(N = 38)

(N = 39)

(N = 13)

(N = 30)

(N = 17)

(N = 3)

(N = 2)

(N = 0)

(N = 52)

 Farmers training

42.9

34.2

41

23.1

33.3

41.2

33.4

50

–

36.6

 More efficient storage containers

7.1

36.8

25.6

38.4

40

11.8

–

50

–

28.8

 Resistant varieties

28.6

15.8

23.1

7.7

13.3

29.4

33.3

–

–

19.2

 More suitable chemicals insecticides

14.3

7.9

7.7

15.4

6.7

11.8

33.3

–

–

9.6

 Creation of farmers association

7.1

5.3

2.6

15.4

6.7

5.8

–

–

–

5.8