Investigation of the Applicants’ Knowledge Level of Pesticide Applications in the Context of Malatya Good Agricultural Practice Education

Year 2017, Issue: Issue 1(2) - 3. INTERNATIONAL BIOCIDAL CONGRESS, 41 - 41, 01.02.2017

Serdar Deniz Muhsin Akbaba Tufan Nayir Mustafa Kemal Başaralı

Abstract

Aim: Pesticides have been widely used in agriculture.Main goal of
this study was to investigate of the applicants’ knowledge level ofpesticide
applications inthe context of Malatya good agricultural practice education.
Methods: The research was applied to 113 trained farmers who areregistered to
Agriculture Chamber in Akçadağ,Malatya equipped with the good agricultural
practice training.This descriptive study was performed by face to face interview
withapplicators by44-question survey.Data were analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: The average age is 55,dealing with pesticide application average is 24
years and average daily working hours are 8.70 people noted (61.9%)farming as
their main occupation.61 people (54.0%)are primary/secondary school graduate
and 5 participants are (4.4%)illiterate. 66(58.4%)have first aid kit,61 people
(54.0%)didn't take security precautions for fire.47 people (41.6%)used sprayer,
49 people(43.4%) usedatomizer in application. Although 65 people
(57.5%)perceive himself under threat of poisoning,69 (61.1%)people don’t have
inspections at regular intervals.110 people(97.3%) after contacting with
pesticides, all of them(113)wash hands before meals, 98 people(86.7%) did not eat
at the place where he conducted pesticide application. 84 people (74.3%)noted
that he uses pesticidesunconsciously, 106 people (93.8%)said that pesticides
could enter through respiration in the human body, 36 people (31.9%) that he
doesn’t read the content of pesticides, 97 people(85.8%)underlined that
pesticides are harmful to human health.87 participants(%77.0)said that he knows
the symptoms of pesticide poisoning.100 people(88.5%)use gloves,83 people
(73.5%)wear masks as personal protective equipment. 107 people (94.7%)noted
that they don’t know the number for national poison information center and 79
people(69.9%)said that they are unaware of antidote to pesticides. CONCLUSION
and RECOMMENDATION:The level of knowledge and training of the applicators related
to the implementation of pesticide wasnot enough.It was remarkable that
althoughmore than half of the participants perceive themselves under the risk
of poisoning;the rate for participating inthe training programs and rate of the
health examination at regular intervals.

 

 

 

Keywords: Good
Agriculture, Pesticide, Application

 

Keywords

Investigation of the Applicants’ Knowledge Level of Pesticide Applications in the Context of Malatya Good Agricultural Practice Education

References

• Serdar Deniz, Muhsin Akbaba, Tufan Nayir, Mustafa Kemal Başaralı Malatya Public Health Directorate, CukurovaUniversity, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health , Public Health Agency of Turkey