Compliance of agrochemical marketers with banned cocoa pesticides in southwest Nigeria
| Autor: | Idongesit U. Mokwunye, F. D. Babalola, I. A. Aderolu, Francis C. Mokwunye, Ndagi Idris, Mohammed Idrisu, Uche E. Asogwa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Agrochemical
business.industry lcsh:S Soil Science Plant Science Pesticide retailers lcsh:Agriculture Agricultural science Agriculture Ogun state Animal Science and Zoology awareness banned pesticides business Agronomy and Crop Science health care economics and organizations Public awareness agrochemicals |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), Vol 59, Iss 2, Pp 161-174 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1450-8109 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the compliance of marketers of agrochemicals with the approved and banned cocoa pesticides in selected cocoa producing states of southwest Nigeria. Primary data was collected through the use of structured questionnaire administered to randomly selected agrochemical marketers. All the marketers (100%) were aware of the recently banned cocoa pesticides, however, majority still have the pesticides in stock. About 70.6% of the marketers in Osun state and 58.8% in Ogun state stated that they did not receive information on the banned pesticides from government agencies but through other channels. More than half of the marketers (52.9% in Ogun, 55% in Kwara and 47.1% in Osun) strongly disagreed that government should place a ban on pesticides. Availability of banned pesticides in their stock, insufficient information from the concerned government agricultural agencies, and fear of short supply of approved pesticides are among the reasons proffered by the marketers for not supporting the ban of pesticides. Relevant government regulatory agencies should conduct a comprehensive inventory of pesticides offered for sale by the marketers of agrochemicals. There should be massive public awareness programme, and wellcoordinated association for all the marketers of agrochemicals. Agrochemical manufacturers should translate instructions and warnings on pesticide labels to local languages understood by the farmers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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