Assessment of farmers on their knowledge regarding pesticide usage and biosafety

Mubushar, Muhammad; Aldosari, Fahad; Baig, Mirza Barjees; Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi; Khan, Abdul Qader

doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.03.001

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“…As observed by Palis et al [18], there is a lack of knowledge about farmers' perceptions regarding risks related to the use of pesticides, and consequently, with respect to farmers' attitudes about safe behaviors aimed at reducing their exposure. It should be noted that while the misuse of pesticides can be related to a lower level of education and the means of farmers, especially in developing countries [19], economic reasons associated with a low risk perception can lead farmers to disregard regulations and provisions for safe pesticide management [20]. The different and interwoven factors that determine the safety behavior of farmers in pesticide use were investigated by Sharifzadeh et al [21], who argued that even though farmers have a good understanding of the importance of safety behaviors, they still tend to behave improperly.…”

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Applying Hierarchical Task Analysis to Depict Human Safety Errors during Pesticide Use in Vineyard Cultivation

2019

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The use of pesticides in agriculture is a significant problem at a global level, not only from an environmental perspective but also from the farmers’ health and safety point of view. In the literature, several studies have discussed the safe behavior and risk perception of farmers. However, human errors when dealing with pesticides and the related work equipment are rarely considered. To reduce this research gap, a study of the human safety errors in pesticide use based on hierarchical task analysis is proposed. In particular, such a bottom-up approach was applied to vineyard cultivation and considered all the activities that operators carry out when using pesticides. The results of this study showed that most of the identified human errors were action errors, i.e., potential failures of the operator in completing the activity successfully. In addition, retrieval and checking errors resulted in being rather common. These outputs shed light on the gap between the information received and the practical need for operators to reduce their failure to perform specific activities. Therefore, while the present study augments current knowledge on the safe use of pesticides, further research is needed to address human errors in agricultural activities, thus extending these results to a larger sample size as well as to other cultivation types.

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“…Besides, some other symptoms are revealed during moderate poisoning status including nausea, vomiting, headache, lacrimation, excessive salivation, respiratory depression, seizures, loss of consciousness, reduced visual ability, allergy, abdominal cramps, and rapid pulse. In severe poisoning exhibit inability to breathe, extra phlegm or mucous in the air routes, burn of the skin, increase the rate of breathing, pulmonary fibrosis, myocarditis and necrosis, pancytopenia, and adrenal hemorrhage, loss of reflexes, extreme weakness, and even death [35,2,10,36,37].…”

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“…In the world, there are 1500 types of pesticides used, they have special structure and nature, and they can cause serious environmental and health problems. The pesticides used are approximately 2 million tons in agriculture production per year, 69% of them are used in Europe and the US alone [10]. The residues of pesticides are accumulated in plants and their products, causing environmental pollution [6].…”

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Toxic Effects of Pesticides on Humans, Plants, Animals, Pollinators and Beneficial Organisms

Hashimi

Ryan

2020

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Pesticides are a hidden threat to humans, animals, insects, as well as to all ecosystems. They control pests and play an important role in crop productivity and prevent vector borne-diseases in humans, but they also extremely pollute our surroundings. These toxic substances are found in soil, water, air, plants, food and feed. Their residues enter plants and animal products and accumulate in humans and animals by the food chain. They endanger our lives and put down our health, as well as demolish beneficial organisms in the environment. This paper expresses a piece of information that has been obtained from reviewing academic papers, books and other sources. People take these toxic chemicals from water, air, and agricultural products, as well as their surroundings. They are stored in humans and animals’ tissues or excreted by different routes, but their adverse effects have no end. Brain, kidneys, skin, gastrointestinal, liver, lungs, spleen and every organ of humans are suppressed by them. They cause various diseases, cancers, mutations, as well as lead to death. These chemicals destroy honeybees’ colonies and decrease pollinator’s populations. Additionally, birds, wildlife and soil organisms are extremely suppressed by the heavy application of pesticides. They damage human beings, animals, pollinators, honeybees, and soil microorganisms. Increasing the application of pesticides decreases the population of pollinators, honeybees, and other beneficial organisms, as well as impacts human health. If these living organisms are diminished, our lives are threatened by food shortage, a collapsed economy, and increased food and feed demand, therefore new crises including famine and diseases put down our prosperity. All pesticides should be used cautiously and need to develop a new type of pesticides that do not harm seriously our environment.

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“…Rendahnya pengetahuan petani juga dikarenakan oleh latar belakang pendidikan yang rendah. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa petani dengan latar belakang pendidikan rendah cenderung memiliki capaian pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik penggunaan pestisida yang kurang baik sehingga direkomendasikan agar dilakukan edukasi baik formal maupun informal tentang penggunaan pestisida secara aman dan sehat [17].…”

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Intervensi Edukasi terhadap Perilaku Penggunaan Pestisida secara Aman dan Sehat pada Petani di Bima Indonesia

Erwin¹,

Denny

Setyaningsih

2019

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It is estimated that millions of Indonesian people who are involved in agricultural works are suffered from pesticide poisoning due to unsafe and lack of healthy pesticides used in crops. To describe the knowledge, attitude, and practices on pesticides use among farmers in Bima before and after the intervention. Subsequently, this study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of education intervention in improving farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on pesticide use. This study utilized a quasi-experimental research with pre-and post-test design. The intervention group were given an educational intervention using a pocketbook to explain about safe and healthy use of pesticides. Finally, the result of pre-and post-test on knowledge, attitude and practice on the use of pesticides were compared. A significant result was found that there was a significant difference before and after receiving an educational intervention on safe and healthy use of pesticides among farmers in Bima, Indonesia(p-value: 0.000; α: 0.005). AbstrakSetiap hari ribuan petani dan para pekerja di sektor pertanian di Indonesia teracuni pestisida dan setiap tahun diperkirakan jutaan orang yang terlibat di pertanian menderita keracunan akibat pestisida, karena perilaku penggunaan pestisida tidak aman dan tidak sehat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa aspek pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik penggunaan pestisida bagi para petani di Bima sebelum dan setelah dilakukan intervensi edukasi penggunaan pestisida aman dan sehat. Jenis penelitian ini adalah quasi-experiment dengan rancangan pre-dan post test untuk menguji perbedaan sebelum dan sesudah menerima edukasi penggunaan pestisida secara aman dan sehat pada petani di Bima. Perbandingan skor pre-dan post-test atau sebelum dan sesudah diberikan edukasi penggunakan pestisida secara aman dan sehat, pada kelompok petani yang menjadi subyek penelitian berbeda secara signifikan dengan p value: 0.000 pada α: 0.005. Skor pengetahuan, sikap dan perilaku penggunaan pestisida secara aman dan sehat sesudah pemberian edukasi lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan skor sebelum diberikan edukasi.Kata kunci: kesehatan kerja petani, pestisida, bekerja secara aman dan sehat, promosi kesehatan di pertanian 93

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Assessment of farmers on their knowledge regarding pesticide usage and biosafety

Cited by 59 publications

References 35 publications

Applying Hierarchical Task Analysis to Depict Human Safety Errors during Pesticide Use in Vineyard Cultivation

Applying Hierarchical Task Analysis to Depict Human Safety Errors during Pesticide Use in Vineyard Cultivation

Toxic Effects of Pesticides on Humans, Plants, Animals, Pollinators and Beneficial Organisms

Intervensi Edukasi terhadap Perilaku Penggunaan Pestisida secara Aman dan Sehat pada Petani di Bima Indonesia

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