Farmers Knowledge on Pesticide Safety Management in Ponorogo
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.210115.004How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Farmers, Knowledge, Pesticide management
- Abstract
Agricultural activities in PonorogoDistrict are one of the largest contributors to the economy. However, agricultural activities related to pesticide use need attention. Based on the previous research, there were 36.7% of farmers in one of the villages in Ponorogo District were at a very high risk of pesticide contamination. This study aims at analyzing farmers’ knowledge of pesticide safety management. This descriptive study involved 57 farmers in village X in Ponorogo. The used instrument was a questionnaire to find out the level of knowledge of farmers. The researchers also conducted semi-structured interviews to know pesticide usage more objectively. The data showed that 95% of farmers had poor knowledge about pesticide safety management; this was reinforced by the analysis result of every question item which describes that the habit on personal equipment and personal hygiene was still poor. There were only 5,26% of the farmers who had a good level of knowledge about pesticide safety management. The Pesticide is handled based on habits instead due to the lack of supervision, technical skills and personal protective equipment. Thus, the effectiveness of the application of pesticide safety management needs assistance from the relevant stakeholders for the building of knowledge, skills, and provision of facilities.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Eka Rosanti AU - Ratih Andhika Akbar Rahma AU - Mahmudah Hamawi AU - Dian Afif Arifah PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/16 TI - Farmers Knowledge on Pesticide Safety Management in Ponorogo BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Innovation 2020–Health Science and Nursing (ICoSIHSN 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 17 EP - 20 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210115.004 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210115.004 ID - Rosanti2021 ER -