Study of impact from pesticide application of farmer 's health and environment in Mae Tang watershed
1999
Aungtip Rattanapairote
Object of this study was to analyse the impacts from pesticide application of farmer's health in Mae Tang Watershed, Chiang Mai Province. The hypothesis of the study was that socio-economic factors were related to the impact from pesticide application farmer's health. The result of the study revealed that the socio-economic factors related to the pesticide application that was statistically significant, at .05, was ethnicity. The Lisu and Moosur tribes were the groups who used pesticide the most incorrectly. The socio-economic factors related to farmer's health that was statistically significant, at .05, also ethnicity. The Hmong and Chinese Haw were sick while and after spraying pesticide. Classified by education level, those who were of highschool level and higher were sick while spraying pesticide in the greatiest number. Classified by land holding, The farmers who hold land 11-20 rai were sick after spraying pesticide in the greatiest number. The pesticide application factors related to the farmer's health that was statistically significant, at .05 was harvesting behaviour after spraying pesticide. The harvesting behaviour after spraying pesticide. The harvesting behaviour after spraying pesticide leads to farmer's sickness while spraying pesticide and after spraying it.
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