Pesticide Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in China

Author

Xu Daqi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage., Anhui Univ. of Technol. & Sci., Wuhu, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Pesticides are widely used in China for crop protection. Econometric analysis showed the magnitude of the chronic health effects and health costs to be directly related to pesticide exposure, and accumulative pesticides has led to serious pollution to the environment. This study was conducted on a random sample of 150 rice farming households to collect information on their knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to pesticides in the Anhui province, south of China. Most of farmers we fund did not took incomplete preventive measures. Pesticide information, instruction, and training among farmers should be promoted, and governmental intervention is needed to ensure proper management regarding public health risks and environmental hazards.

Keywords

agriculture; agrochemicals; econometrics; health hazards; occupational health; pest control; Anhui province; China; crop protection; econometric analysis; environmental hazards; farmers; management; pesticides; pollution; public health risks; rice farming households; Costs; Crops; Econometrics; Environmental management; Hazards; Management training; Pollution measurement; Protection; Public healthcare; Risk management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516589

Filename

5516589