期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：3
页码：493-504
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：The study was aimed at determining the extent of pesticide use and farmers' knowledge of pesticides and their use on the field. Inthis study, 100 farmers were interviewed concerning pesticides usage patterns among farmers in vegetable production area in Lower Sindh, Pakistan. Information was obtained through personal interviews through structured Questionnaire. Resultantly, 27 various registered pesticides used by the farmers were insecticides. Majority of pesticides which belonged to class-II that WHO recognizes them as hazardous and one of them pesticides with the class-Ib highly hazardous was also found. Majority of insect and pest were found in Okra and tomato crops. Many farmers depended on nicotinoid and organophosphate, groups of pesticides. Numbers of farmers were less educated and did not have the knowledge of pesticides usage, farmers' knowledge of insecticides was dealer's advice. Dealers decided when to spry the crop. During pesticide application and vegetable harvesting 50% farmers did not use safety protection.The research has exposed some of overuse, misuse and abuse of pesticides among farmers. Due to unaware of pesticides hazardous farmers lacked appropriate information on safe handling and use of pesticides, which can be attributed to insufficient agriculture extension services and state of art trainings to the farmers at their root level.
