Abstract
Background:Pesticide poisoning is a major concern in developing countries like India due to a lack of knowledge about its hazardous effect. It can be minimised by creating awareness among the farmers .This study was conducted to assess the impact of pesticide awareness module in improving the awareness among the farmers' community about pesticide poisoning.
 Methodology: This was a pre and Post-intervention study in six villages in the Wardha district in Maharashtra. Forty farmers from six villages were interviewed regarding the knowledge, about pesticide poisoning before and after the sensitization with pesticide awareness module with the predesigned questionnaire.
 Result: Statistically high significant difference is detected in pre and post-test. It was found that average Pre-test score was 1.84 (out of 10) which was increased in post-test score to 6.52(out of 10). The observed change was 46.79%.
 Conclusion: The intervention of PAM was highly effective in knowledge gaining of farmer community
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Environmental Program estimated that one to five million cases of pesticide poisoning occur among agricultural workers each year with about 20000 fatalities [4]
This study is a small attempt to assess the farmer’s knowledge about pesticide poisoning & create awareness among them by designing modules regarding the appropriate use of pesticides and their harmful effect
In another world these observations represent the high effectiveness of pesticide awareness module
Summary
The majority of population in India depends on agriculture and use of pesticides is extensive to increase agricultural production [2] As these are environmentally most stable and ability to bioaccumulate it deposit in the human body at a greater risk of disease and poisoning [3]. The community is not given adequate training and is not aware about pesticide toxicity They handle toxic chemicals thinking them to be safe which results in increasing the frequency of health risk episodes [5]. Pesticide poisoning is a major concern in developing countries like India due to a lack of knowledge about its hazardous effect It can be minimised by creating awareness among the farmers .This study was conducted to assess the impact of pesticide awareness module in improving the awareness among the farmers' community about pesticide poisoning. Conclusion: The intervention of PAM was highly effective in knowledge gaining of farmer community
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