IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING ON PESTICIDE RISK REDUCTION

Received: 13-12-2013

Accepted: 20-02-2014

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Issue: Vol. 12 No. 1 (2014)

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KINH TẾ XÃ HỘI VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN NÔNG THÔN

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Chung, D., & ThiDung, K. (2024). IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING ON PESTICIDE RISK REDUCTION. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 12(1), 108–115. http://testtapchi.vnua.edu.vn/index.php/vjasvn/article/view/1573

IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING ON PESTICIDE RISK REDUCTION

Do Kim Chung (*) 1 , Kim ThiDung 2

  • 1 Khoa Kinh tế và Phát triển Nông thôn, Đại học Nông nghiệp Hà Nội và Khoa Kế toán và Quản trị doanh nghiệp, Đại học Nông nghiệp Hà Nội
  • 2 Faculty of Economics and Rural Development, Hanoi University of Agriculture and Faculty of Accounting and Business management Hanoi, University of Agriculture

    • Keywords

    Community-based training, exposure, hazard, pesticides, risk reduction

    Abstract


    Pesticide risks in terms of hazard and exposure are expected to reduce through community based farmer training. With this regards, a community based training program on pesticide risk reduction (PRR) has been implemented in Vietnam since 2007. With two data sets on 94 pesticide users before and after PRR training in PRR and control communes of Hanoi city and Thai Binh province, this paper shows that: The program has improved farmers’ awareness/knowledge and their behaviors in PRR, and enabled farmers to reduce hazards and exposure. Farmers used pesticides permited for vegetables, used more biopesticides and class III and IV pesticides. On the exposure side, positive impacts were more proper pesticide use techniques; use of more protective equipment and better unused pesticides and sprayer management. As a result, the environmental impact quotients were reduced sharply from 20% to 78%.

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