Awareness on Pesticide Residues – Special Reference With Farmers

Abstract

The quality of agricultural products is closely related to pesticide residues. Pesticide residues. The threat of pesticide residues not only depends on the quality and specificity of pesticides but also on farmers' awareness of pesticide residues and their behaviour in applying these pesticides. Farmers ‘will safely apply pesticides and their impacts. Agricultural safety and the resulting environmental and health problems from pesticide application are increasingly attracting global attention. Pesticide residues affect the quality of agricultural goods. Chemical pesticides play an irreplaceable role in ensuring the adequate production of foods. Pesticide residues affect human health. In fact, pesticide application has become a great threat to human health. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Studies have shown that long-term low-dose exposure to pesticides leads to the development of respiratory diseases such as asthma. Chemical predictors of wheeze among farmer pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Such exposure also leads to reduced sperm quality and sperm count, causing sterility. Impacts of pesticide use on semen characteristics among rice farmers in Kienxuong District, Thaibinh Province, Vietnam. Farmers serve as the main unit of pesticide application. Hence, their degree of awareness of pesticide residues inherently affects their methods of pesticide application. Whether they apply pesticides in a standardized method affects the generated amount of pesticide residues, thereby ultimately influencing the safe production of agricultural products. Awareness of the danger of excessive pesticide residues, Awareness of standardized regulations in order to reduce pesticide residues improves the positive result. If a farmer is relatively less educated, his/her ability to absorb professional knowledge is weaker. Furthermore, his/her capability to recognize pest diseases is also weaker. Hence, the less-educated farmer tends to lack awareness of both pesticide residues and the importance of applying pesticides in standardized ways. Consequently, with less education, there is a higher chance that the farmer will apply prohibited pesticides excessively, leading to highly concentrated pesticide residues.