Fraudulent pesticides in West Africa: a quality assessment of glyphosate products in Mali

Haggblade, Steven; Diarra, Amadou; Jiang, Wayne; Assima, Amidou; Keita, Naman; Traoré, Abdramane; Traoré, Mamadou

doi:10.1080/09670874.2019.1668076

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“…Among them, the vast majority of respondents suffered from non-deceptive purchasing. The results are in agreement with the results of Haggblade et al 2019A [ 34 ]. They conducted market survey of fraudulent pesticides in Mali and found that illegal and unregistered pesticides account for about 26% of all pesticide volumes sold.…”

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“…According to Pueschel et al (2017) [ 21 ], risk perception generates cognitive dissonance and drives people to develop alternative strategies. In the context of frauds, high risk perception enables farmers to protect themselves by purchasing only products duly registered by governmental regulators [ 36 ]. This result is in line with the study of Ashour et al (2019) [ 8 ], who revealed that 80% of the farmers in Uganda had high beliefs about counterfeit herbicides.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Extension plays a crucial role in the dissemination of accurate information about pesticides, attitude reinforcement, and adoption enhancement [ 37 , 38 ]. This role can be achieved by awareness creation through different communication methods, as well as ensuring that stakeholders can recognize counterfeits and illegal pesticides by preparing extension publication and organizing training programs [ 34 ]. These results are consistent with the study of Jallow et al, (2017) [ 39 ], who reported that extension contact significantly influenced farmers’ risk perception of pesticide use in Kuwait.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Do farmers perceive risks of fraudulent pesticides? Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Kassem

Alotaibi

2020

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The increasing number of fraudulent pesticides on the market not only constitutes a major threat to sustainable agriculture but can also have adverse consequences for the environment and human health. The purpose of this study is to assess farmers' risk perception with regard to fraudulent pesticides and to establish the determinants of their perception. Data were collected through structured questionnaires from 370 farmers from the eastern region in Saudi Arabia. The findings showed that farmers had a high perception of physical, legal, social, and physiological risks of counterfeit pesticides, while they had a moderate perception of agri-environmental risks (M = 3.47, SD = 0.72) and economic risks (M = 3.52, SD = 1.11). Moreover, 73.5% of farmers reported that they had purchased fraudulent pesticides in the last three years. The results of the t-test revealed that the number of farmers who had purchased fraudulent pesticides was significantly higher than the number of farmers who had not purchased such pesticides regarding the perception of the majority of risks, except for physical risk. Multivariate regression analyses showed that age, farm size, farming experience, extension contact, and purchased fraudulent pesticides were significantly associated with risk perception. The findings suggest that awareness campaigns on recognizing fraudulent pesticides among farmers are needed, as well as policy measures, to combat counterfeiting in the agricultural sector in cooperation with other stakeholders.

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Do farmers perceive risks of fraudulent pesticides? Evidence from Saudi Arabia

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2020

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“…On top of that, the fraudulent pesticide trade is in the hands of criminal gangs through organized crime in many countries, adding to the global problem [23]. The African market has been a hot spot for fraudulent pesticides, specifically in Egypt, Tanzania, Uganda, and West Africa [11,15,18,19,[24][25][26][27].…”

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“…The UNCERI's perspective contains six primary areas: authorities and stakeholders' engagement, supply-chain protection and defense activities, international harmonization and regulatory oversight, financial flows and incentive control, improved investigation and veto capacities, and end-user consciousness. Nonetheless, it is critical to note that applying effective formal and informal social control mechanisms in the regulatory, production, and supply-chain networks may be pointless without authorizing the farmer's role as end-user in this issue [10,25].…”

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The Dilemma of Fraudulent Pesticides in the Agrifood Sector: Analysis of Factors Affecting Farmers’ Purchasing Behavior in Egypt

2022

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Fraudulent pesticides suggest a solemn risk to sustainable agricultural production, environmental sustainability, and human health due to their unrevealed composition and quality. Nonetheless, their large-scale utilization in the agrifood sector relies on many factors, such as personal, institutional, and legislative ones. This study aimed to evaluate farmers’ perceptions of fraudulent pesticides and examine their marketability elements. The data came from 394 farmers’ structured questionnaires from Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. The factorial analysis revealed beliefs, health and environmental risks, quality recognition, price, and policies as the critical drivers for buying fraudulent pesticides. The cluster analysis disclosed two varied farmer segments—“conventional” and “conscious”—based on perception. “conventional farmers” signify 59.9% of the sample and reveal typical farmer behaviors and give more attention to factors such as beliefs and product price. Contrarily, “conscious farmers” symbolize a more sentient group about policy, product quality, and health and environmental issues. Significant differences (p < 0.01) occurred between the two segments, corresponding to their education, farming activity, farm size, and farming experience. The findings suggest reinforcing the extant pesticide laws and regulations’ administration mechanisms, implementing deliberate measures to increase public awareness of the consequences resulting from fraudulent pesticide use, and improving recognition behavior by detecting fraudulent pesticides with digital technologies among all stakeholders.

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Collection of Data on Pesticides in Maize and Tomato in Africa: Protocol for Africa Pesticide Residue Survey Study

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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Pesticide use has grown rapidly in West Africa over the past decades. Regulatory capacity has not kept pace with the rapid proliferation of pesticide products and on-farm use. As a result, health and environmental impacts from the growing use of pesticides, despite their potential importance to food safety, remain largely unmonitored, underreported, and poorly understood by key stakeholders. This study protocol was the document for conducting a pesticide survey study to identify the most critically emerging pesticides across the Continent of Africa. Multiple countries were selected in this study to represent the north, east, south, and west regions of Africa. Two food commodities, maize and tomato, were chosen to monitor the pesticide level for food safety. This study protocol describes the fieldwork and laboratory work per the standards of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and ISO-17025 and US EPA 860 Residue Chemistry Guidelines but the survey study performed was not considered as a GLP or ISO 17025 study. This is because many steps were not able to be closely monitored per the GLP requirements. This protocol describes the requirements for a pesticide residue study in food collected from local markets. This protocol describes the test commodities, sampling methods, sample transfer/shipping, storage stability, sample analysis, sample disposal, and documentation and record keeping.

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Fraudulent pesticides in West Africa: a quality assessment of glyphosate products in Mali

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Do farmers perceive risks of fraudulent pesticides? Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Do farmers perceive risks of fraudulent pesticides? Evidence from Saudi Arabia

The Dilemma of Fraudulent Pesticides in the Agrifood Sector: Analysis of Factors Affecting Farmers’ Purchasing Behavior in Egypt

Collection of Data on Pesticides in Maize and Tomato in Africa: Protocol for Africa Pesticide Residue Survey Study

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