Vegetable farmers’ knowledge on pesticides use in Northwest Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00916-6
Abstract: The prevalence of widespread problems of insect pests and diseases has resulted in high demand for pesticides application in vegetables farming in Ghana. Studies on pesticides use in Ghana have primarily focused on pesticide toxicity,… read more here.
Keywords: pesticides use; use practices; farmers knowledge; vegetable farmers ... See more keywords
Pesticides use, practice and its effect on honeybee in Ethiopia: a review
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DOI: 10.1007/s42690-020-00114-x
Abstract: Honeybees play an essential economic role in the pollination of crops. Farmers were buying, storing, and use pesticides on cultivated plants with no or little consideration of the effect on honeybees. In Ethiopia, pesticide poisoning… read more here.
Keywords: pesticides use; honeybee; use pesticides; effect ... See more keywords
The determinants of farmers’ fertilizers and pesticides use behavior in China: An explanation based on label effect
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123054
Abstract: Abstract Some research have shown that the household responsibility system is the basic agricultural system in China.That has significantly promoted China’s agricultural growth.But it causes the phenomenon of land fragmentation.This phenomenon reduces the efficiency of… read more here.
Keywords: fertilizers pesticides; pesticides use; determinants farmers; fertilizer pesticide ... See more keywords