DDBIO EVALUATION KENYA- SWEETPOTATO KNOWLEDGE, PREFERENCE AND PRACTICE

Description	Results
Interview period	13-Jan-2023 to 31-Jan-2023
Total number of Respondents	636 [Male:60 Female:576]
Number of Counties	3
Av. Number of sweetpotato varieties that households stopped growing in the past 5 years	1.33 [Min:1.00 Max:2.00]

k1. Do you plant sweetpotato several times during one season? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	276	84.15
01	Yes	52	15.85
	Overall	328	100.00

k2. Why do you plant sweetpotato several times during one season? [All Regions]

Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Lack of planting material	8	12.90
02	Cannot depend on rain	19	30.65
03	Spread out production	18	29.03
05	Different varieties have different maturing period	1	1.61
06	To conserve planting materials	10	16.13
95	Other	6	9.68
	Overall	62	100.00

k3. Do you conserve sweetpotato vines during the dry period? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	194	59.15
01	Yes	134	40.85
	Overall	328	100.00

k4. What do you do to conserve the sweetpotato vines? [All Regions]

Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Plant vines in fenced lowlands area or swamp	8	5.44
02	Plant vines in lowland/swamp area not fenced	11	7.48
03	Keep vines in a small plot near the house and water them	43	29.25
04	Keep the vines under the shade of other and water them	42	28.57
05	Keep vines under shade of other crops and do not water	2	1.36
06	Do not harvest part of the existing field	16	10.88
07	Plant near a bathroom	1	0.68
08	Buried roots	14	9.52
95	Other	10	6.80
	Overall	147	100.00

k5. How do you get your sweetpotato vine materials after a long dry period? [All Regions]

Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code	Description	Freq	Percent
01	Buy vines	93	22.52
02	Borrow from neighbours	132	31.96
03	Ask relatives for vines	41	9.93
04	Left over roots re-sprouts in the field	105	25.42
95	Other	42	10.17
	Overall	413	100.00

k6. Have you ever stored sweetpotato root whole and fresh after harvest? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	268	81.71
01	Yes	60	18.29
	Overall	328	100.00

k7. Do you ever dry sweetpotato roots for storage? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	307	93.60
01	Yes	21	6.40
	Overall	328	100.00

k8. Have you stopped growing any varieties in the past 5 years? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	18	85.71
01	Yes	3	14.29
	Overall	21	100.00

k10. What was the main reason you discontinued the varieties [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
05	Susceptible to pest/disease	1	33.33
15	Intolerant to drought	1	33.33
95	Other	1	33.33
	Overall	3	100.00

l21. Do you currently give sweetpotato leaves/ vines to your livestock? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	159	48.48
01	Yes	169	51.52
	Overall	328	100.00

l22. Do you sell sweetpotato leaves? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	313	95.43
01	Yes	15	4.57
	Overall	328	100.00

l23. Do you and your household consume sweetpotato leaves [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	250	76.22
01	Yes	78	23.78
	Overall	328	100.00

l24. Do you ever dry sweetpotato leaves for later consumption? [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	71	91.03
01	Yes	7	8.97
	Overall	78	100.00

l25. Do you feed sweetpotato leaves to your young children [All Regions]

Code	Description	Freq	Percent
00	No	9	11.54
01	Yes	69	88.46
	Overall	78	100.00