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An Analysis of Knowledge, Skills and Attitude of Vegetable Growers Regarding Pesticide Use for Sustainable Environmental Health in the Punjab, Pakistan

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Author

Ajaz Akhtar

Program

PhD

Institute

University of Agriculture

City

Faisalabad

Province

Punjab

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2011

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Applied Sciences

Language

English

Link

http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/1938

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676725464850

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Pakistan’s environment is favorable for pest population growth. Among all crops, vegetables are more vulnerable to the attack of a number of pests. Most of the vegetable crops are sprayed on daily basis and pose a serious threat to humans and environment. In the same context, the present study was designed to analyze the knowledge, skills and attitude of vegetable growers for identification and prioritization of training needs regarding pesticide use for sustainable environmental health and to suggest remedies for the betterment of prevailing situation. Population of study was potato growers in two districts (i.e. Jhang and Okara) which were selected purposely because of top potato growing districts in the Punjab. Two tehsils (Dapalpur and Chinot), one from each district was selected randomly. Sampling frame was constructed by enlisting all potato growers residing in the tehsils and a sample of 367 growers was selected. Data were collected through personal interviews with the help of validated research instrument. Main findings of the study indicate that most of the respondents had attained some level of formal education and had mean age 42.31 years. Overall knowledge of the respondents regarding most of the aspects of pesticide use was poor. On the average, the respondents’ skills regarding different aspect of pesticide use rated between poor to satisfactory level. The attitude of the respondents was towards using excessive pesticide to control pests. Thus, their attitude was more towards causing environment and health hazards. Majority of the practices of the respondents were posing risks to humans’ health and environment because they were using heavy doses and high risk pesticides to control pests, with out getting advice from the pest consultants or the personnel from the agricultural extension department. On the basis of overall possessed knowledge of the respondents, the training need assessed was at highest level in the area of ill health effects recognition. On the basis of overall possessed skill level, the training need assessed was at highest level in the area of maintenance of pesticide applicator. The respondents also gave their preferences for different aspects of training program to be arranged in future on the basis of training needs assessed in different aspects of pesticide use for sustainable environment health.
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