| |
Mean SD (Pigs sold per period)
| |
|---|
|
Persons involved in pig sales
|
Before
|
During
|
After
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Farmer N = 142
|
4 ± 3
|
3 ± 1
|
3 ± 2
|
0.001*
|
|
Trader N = 20
|
4 ± 3
|
4 ± 2
|
5 ± 3
|
0.04*
|
|
Pork butchers N = 9
|
7 ± 3
|
5 ± 3
|
6 ± 3
|
0.03*
|
|
Price indices
|
Estimated average kg SD)
|
Price per Kg (USD
|
USD
| |
|
Price
|
426 + 255
|
353 + 237
|
326 + 250
| |
|
Price/kg (US$)
|
2.5
|
1.6
|
1.8
| |
|
Total US$
|
1065.00**
|
564.8*
|
684.00**
| |
- *Significantly lower during the EVD outbreak (Repeated measures ANOVA, P < 0.05)
- **statistically significant when compared before, during, and after EVD outbreak
