| Autor: |
Mounika, A., Rao, Ch. Sreenivasa, Rani, D. Sudha, Nirmali, S., Lahari, K. |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of Experimental Zoology India; Jan2023, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p1125-1130, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
The investigation was conducted during rabi 2021-2022 in maize crop to examine the pesticide usage pattern and farmers’ perception with relation to pesticides. A total of 30 farmers were selected from 6 mandals from maize growing areas of Guntur and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data was analysed by using Chi-square test. Majority of the farmers have poor knowledge on pesticide recommendation (80.00%) and classification (60.00%). The farmers mostly contacted pesticide dealers for pesticide recommendation, i.e., 73.4%, while 13.33% contacted neighbour farmers. Most of the farmers (73.33%) were using mixture of pesticides. Present study revealed that 33.33% farmers disposed empty containers in garbage followed by 26.67% farmers left empty containers in the field, while 13.33% of the farmers reused the empty containers after pesticide application. Around 76.67% farmers have poor knowledge on pesticide residues and export rejection due to pesticide residues. It was found that 76.66% of the farmers used bottlecap for measuring of the pesticides and a very few farmers (23.33%) approximately measured the pesticides. Most of the farmers did not eat or drink (46.66%), while 23.33% of the farmers followed eating and drinking water during spraying. It was found that 70.00% of the farmers did not followed smoking and drinking alcohol during spraying, while a small number of farmers practiced smoking (16.66%) and alcohol consumption (6.66%) during spraying. The results indicted the poor knowledge of farmers, even among above 5th class, which indicated the requirement of extension activities such as campaigns on the issues of responsible and safe use of pesticides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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