Effect of Integrated Pest Management Training on Ugandan Small-Scale Farmers

Anna Sabine Clausen; Erik Jørs; Aggrey Atuhaire; Jane Frølund Thomsen

doi:10.1177/1178630217703391

Effect of Integrated Pest Management Training on Ugandan Small-Scale Farmers

Anna Sabine Clausen, Erik Jørs, Aggrey Atuhaire, Jane Frølund Thomsen

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Small-scale farmers in developing countries use hazardous pesticides taking few or no safety measures. Farmer field schools (FFSs) teaching integrated pest management (IPM) have been shown to reduce pesticide use among trained farmers. This cross-sectional study compares pesticide-related knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP), potential exposure, and self-reported poisoning symptoms among 35 FFS farmers, 44 neighboring farmers, and 35 control farmers after an IPM intervention in Uganda (2011-2012). The FFS farmers were encouraged to teach their neighboring farmers. Data were based on standardized interviews and were analyzed using a linear trend test and logistic regression. The results showed that FFS and neighboring farmers used significantly fewer pesticide applications (P = .021) and used more safety measures. No differences were found on the hazardousness of pesticides used or self-reported symptoms. The study supports IPM as a method to reduce pesticide use and potential exposure and to improve pesticide-related KAP among small-scale farmers in developing countries.

Original language	English
Article number	1178630217703391
Journal	Environmental Health Insights
Volume	11
Number of pages	10
ISSN	1178-6302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1178630217703391
Publication status	Published - 2017

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