Conceptual analysis of cotton growing community about pesticides: A case study of district Multan
2007
Qamar-ul-Haq (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Extension) | Ali, T. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Extension) | Ahmad, M. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Extension) | Faridi, I.A. (IPH, Lahore (Pakistan))
Insecticides/Pesticides are the chemicals used to control the crop losses by cidal phenomenon (killing insects/pests harmful for crop and such chemicals are playing a vital role in yield and crop production. The ingredients of these chemical pesticides are not only lethal for target arthropods but also for human being as pharmacokinetics for both is almost the same. Therefore, the main objective of the present study was to probe the orientation of cotton growers about these chemical pesticides and to assess the preventive measure they adopted to avoid the pesticide related health hazards. Twenty villages from district Multan were selected by multistage random sampling technique. From each selected village, 11 cotton growers were further selected randomly. Therefore, 220 cotton growers in total were the respondents from target community. They were interviewed through a reliable and validated interview schedule. The data collected were processed through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The results show that 94.0 percent of cotton growers were using the pesticide chemicals on their cotton crop and 75.0 percent of cotton growers were having the awareness about side effects of the pesticides on human health. The research study highlighted the awareness/orientation of cotton growers about pesticide chemicals and need for their training and education for adoption of preventive measures to avoid the pesticide related health hazards.
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