دورية أكاديمية
Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda
| العنوان: | Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda |
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| المؤلفون: | Philipp Staudacher, Samuel Fuhrimann, Andrea Farnham, Ana M Mora, Aggrey Atuhaire, Charles Niwagaba, Christian Stamm, Rik IL Eggen, Mirko S Winkler |
| المصدر: | Environmental Health Insights, Vol 14 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publishing, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Environmental sciences LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Pesticides are used globally in agriculture and pose a threat to the health of farmers, communities, and the environment. Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have generally a low socio-economic status and educational level. Consequently, they are particularly vulnerable to negative impacts of pesticides on their health, yields, or land. In a Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices study, we compared the pest management practices between a market-oriented farming system in Zarcero County, Costa Rica, and a subsistence-based farming system in Wakiso District, Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among smallholder farmers from Costa Rica (n = 300) in 2016 and from Uganda (n = 302) in 2017. We enrolled conventional and organic farmers, but also farmers with mixed practices and non-applicators of any pest management strategy. We found that the majority of pesticides used in both case studies are classified as highly hazardous by the World Health Organization. While more than 90% of smallholder farmers from both countries were aware of the negative health effects of pesticide exposure, |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1178-6302 11786302 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/1178-6302Test |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1178630220972417 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/207d50e0f91046619eb83e9da5e53243Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.207d50e0f91046619eb83e9da5e53243 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 11786302 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/1178630220972417 |