Kiến thức và thực hành sử dụng an toàn thuốc bảo vệ thực vật của người dân tại tỉnh Đồng Tháp năm 2020

Abstract

Objectives: Pesticides is an indispensable need for agricultura production. This study was conducted to describe the status of knowledge and practice on safety using of pesticides among farmers in Dong Thap province in 2020. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 442 farmers in Dong Thap province, from March to September 2020. Results: The rate of farmers have known that pesticides can cause human disease and environmental pollution were 81.9% and 45.2%, respectively. 20.1%, 79.2%, and 75.3% were the rate of farmer who know that the pesticide poisoned routes were eating, breathing, skin-mucosal contact. The practical of the farmers such as read the manual, checked the sprayer, mixed the medicine according to the instructions, mixed the medicine in the right place, and used the right dose, that were counted 93.7%, 86.4%, 6.6%, 84.4%, and 97.7%, respectively. The percentage of farmers who had practiced correctly about handling excess pesticides, packaging, cleaning and storing sprayers were 78.5%, 15.4%, 90.5% and 89.4%, respectively. The rate of farmers who had used protective equipment while spraying pesticides ranges from 12.7 to 33.0%. Conclusions: The knowledge and practice on safety using of pesticides among farmers were pretty good. However, some fields have been still limited. The communication should be continued to improve the practical properly on using pesticides. Keywords: pesticide, safety using of pesticides, Dong Thap province