Pesticide Safety Behavior among Cocoa Farmers in Nigeria: Current Trends and Determinants

Oludoye, Oluseye Olalekan; Siriwong, Wattasit; Robson, Mark G.

doi:10.1080/1059924x.2022.2148147

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“…Our results showed that participants who had higher mean scores of perceived susceptibility to pesticide use were more likely to have safe pesticide-use behaviors than were those who had lower mean scores. This finding is consistent with that of a study by Oludoye et al (2023) [ 11 ], which showed that perceived susceptibility influences farmers’ pesticide safety behaviors. Consequently, safe pesticide use can prevent health risks and health costs, and farmers can take action immediately.…”

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“…The results also showed that participants who had higher mean scores of perceived self-efficacy tended to exhibit safe pesticide-use behaviors than did those who had lower mean scores. This finding is consistent with that of a study by Oludoye et al (2023) [ 11 ], which indicated that perceived self-efficacy influence farmers’ pesticide safety behaviors. Thus, if farmers expect that safe behaviors involving pesticide use can prevent health risks and health costs, then they take prompt action.…”

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“…Previous studies have revealed that factors affecting safety behaviors related to pesticide use among farmers include personal characteristics such as sex, age, education, income, farming experience, years of pesticide use, cultivated plants, and training and information about pesticides, such as health care providers, agricultural providers, neighbors, pesticide container labels, the internet, and pesticide retailers [ 9 – 15 ]. Knowledge about pesticide use [ 13 , 16 ], the perceived severity of the impact of pesticide use among farmers, the perceived susceptibility to pesticide use among farmers, the perceived self-efficacy of prevention from pesticides [ 11 , 17 ] and social support [ 18 ] for modifying pesticide-use behaviors are all important.…”

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Factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand

Suphim,

Songthap

2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in Thailand and is the result of intensive inappropriate and unsafe use of pesticides. This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to determine the factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand. Methods The study sample included 427 farm plant agriculturists in Loei Province, northeastern Thailand. Individuals were randomly selected by a multistage random sampling technique. The following data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 8 parts: (1) sociodemographic characteristics, (2) knowledge about pesticide use, (3) perceived severity of impact from pesticide use among farm plant agriculturists, (4) perceived susceptibility to pesticide use, (5) perceived self-efficacy in the modification of safe pesticide-use behaviors, (6) perceived outcome of the modification of safe pesticide-use behaviors, (7) social support, and (8) safe pesticide-use behaviors. Frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, and multiple regression analyses were employed for data analysis. Results The majority of participants (79.4%) had high scores for safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists (scores of 112–150). Factors that significantly affected safe pesticide-use behaviors included knowledge about pesticide use (β = 0.282), social support (β = 0.217), reading information from pesticide labels before pesticide use (β = 0.207), perceived self-efficacy (β = 0.186), female sex (β = -0.140), rice farmer status (β = 0.129), corn farmer status (β = 0.127), perceived susceptibility (β = 0.126), having received information from the internet (β = -0.124), and perceived severity (β = -0.098). Together, these 10 factors were found to explain 32.5% of the safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists. Conclusions Our findings indicate that there is a need to increase the number of promotional activities related to the safe use of pesticides through social support and training, with the aim of increasing the overall level of knowledge, perceived self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility, and modification of the perceived impact severity of pesticide use. Thus, relevant agencies should promote and support the safe use of pesticides by farm plant agriculturists. Summary This study revealed that the factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists included knowledge about pesticide use, social support, reading pesticide container labels, perceived self-efficacy in the modification of pesticide-use behaviors, sex, rice farmer status, corn farmer status, perceived susceptibility to pesticide use, having received information from the internet, and perceived severity of impact from pesticide use.

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Factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand

Suphim,

Songthap

2024

BMC Public Health

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“…However, other research has noted that despite good knowledge of the adverse impacts of pesticides, most farmers do not consider safety measures that can minimize the risk of poisoning 22–24 . Socio‐demographic factors (such as age, farm experience, training, and education status) influence behaviors in pesticide use 25–27 . Moreover, farmers' knowledge about pesticides, 28,29 the perceived risk of pesticide use, 30 and health problems from pesticide exposure 22 can also influence behaviors.…”

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“…[22][23][24] Sociodemographic factors (such as age, farm experience, training, and education status) influence behaviors in pesticide use. [25][26][27] Moreover, farmers' knowledge about pesticides, 28,29 the perceived risk of pesticide use, 30 and health problems from pesticide exposure 22 can also influence behaviors.…”

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Safety behavior in pesticide use among farmers of northern Greece: the role of information sources

Tsakiris,

Damalas,

Koutroubas

2023

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUNDFarmers' compliance with common safety practices in pesticide use (i.e., keeping records of pesticide applications, reading the information of pesticide labels, and taking protective measures during pesticide handling) and the use of information sources about pesticides were studied in a simple random sample of farmers in Evros Province, northern Greece.RESULTSAccording to the three common safety practices considered in the study, most farmers (56.9%) complied with safety practices. Nevertheless, a noticeable proportion of the farmers never kept records of pesticide applications (33.9%), never read the information of pesticide labels (20.2%), and never took protective measures during pesticide handling (24.8%). Farmers reported using up to six different sources of information about pesticides, but the majority (51.4%) reported using up to one source and almost one‐third (33.9%) relied on own sources. The most common information source about pesticides was the staff of the agricultural supply stores, used by 88.1% of the farmers. Safety behavior was positively correlated with total sources of information (P < 0.01) and information by the agricultural supply stores (P < 0.01). Multiple regression analysis showed that safety behavior was reduced in females, whereas it was increased in farmers with high education, high number of plots, and high level of information sources.CONCLUSIONDespite good levels of safety behavior by most farmers, keeping records of sprayings should be improved. Using multiple information sources about pesticides is crucial to improve safety behavior of farmers. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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Effectiveness of pesticide stakeholders’ information on pesticide handling knowledge and behaviour of smallholder farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria

Madaki,

Lehberger,

Bavorova

et al. 2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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Although pesticides ensure the quality and quantity of agricultural produce, they have adverse effects on farmers, their families, and consumers. Therefore, in order to reduce the unpleasant effects of pesticide use, stakeholders would be well advised to extend guidance and precautions to end users. The objective of this study was to determine the pesticide handling behaviour and the effectiveness of pesticide information on pesticide handling knowledge and personal protective equipment (PPE) use among farmers in southwest Nigeria. One hundred and fifty-six farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire in December 2019 and January 2020. The results revealed that a one-third of the farmers dispose their pesticide residues on the field, only 3% of the farmers dispose the hazardous pesticide waste at a collection point, and 65% of them dispose the empty containers indiscriminately. The majority of farmers never use respirators (79%), hats (60%), and boots (57%) when applying pesticides. Knowledge of pesticide application and waste management is low (58% of respondents scored less than 10 on a knowledge scale of 0–14). The result of the regression model shows that information from pesticide labels and farmer-to-farmer exchanges significantly increase farmers’ knowledge of pesticide handling and PPE use. Our results suggest that the effectiveness of current information provision to smallholder farmers on the correct use of pesticides is not sufficient. Therefore, we highlight the need for pesticide companies, distributors, and government agencies to intensify and further develop their efforts to empower smallholder farmers to improve their knowledge and use of pesticides.

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Pesticide Safety Behavior among Cocoa Farmers in Nigeria: Current Trends and Determinants

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

Factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand

Factors affecting safe pesticide-use behaviors among farm plant agriculturists in northeastern Thailand

Safety behavior in pesticide use among farmers of northern Greece: the role of information sources

Effectiveness of pesticide stakeholders’ information on pesticide handling knowledge and behaviour of smallholder farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria

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