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    Start Over Subject Term farming methods Subject Term pesticides Journal Title Insect Science and its Application

    1. Farmers' perception and management of pest hazard : a pilot study of a Punjabi village in Lower Indus Region

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Zaidi, Iqtidar (author / Department of Geography, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1984
    Published:
    UK: Pergamon Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06484
    Journal Title:
    Insect Science and its Application
    Journal Title Details:
    5 (3) : 187-201
    Notes:
    Phase II, This study presents an interpretation of the way Punjabi farmers in a village of the arid Sind perceive the pest hazard and the methods of management that they employ to deal with this situation. It is found that farmers do recognize the seriousness of the problem which consequently leads them to employ traditional as well as pesticide treatment of their crops. But because of financial handicap and other factors, they do not use pesticides regularly or in adequate quantity. As a result the control of pests remains ineffective. (original)

    2. Nigerian farmers' perception of pests and pesticides

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Atteh, Oluwayoni D. (author / Department of Geography, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1984
    Published:
    UK: Pergamon Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06485
    Journal Title:
    Insect Science and its Application
    Journal Title Details:
    5 (3) : 213-220
    Notes:
    Phase II, The ability of peasant farmers in the third world to monitor environmental occurrences around them has often been ignored. This study looks at Nigerian farmers' perception of pests and pesticides and determines the relevance of such knowledge as an input to efforts to devise effective integrated pest management strategies. Farmers in Kabba area of Kwara State, Nigeria were extensively interviewed and the following findings were highlighted: they had a deep knowledge of all insect, animal and fungi pests; could identify each pest, know their breeding cycles and their general behaviour characteristics; were able to make a relatively accurate assessment of damage caused by pests; and developed an indigenous integrated pest management strategy. Due to massive pest damage in the last few years, and strenuous advertisement by the Ministry of Agriculture, many farmers are now turning to chemical pesticides for solution to the pest problem. Prognosis of future trends in pesticide usage among farmers reveal the likely danger of farmers becoming pesticide-dependent with the consequent possibilities of human poisoning and eventually aggravating the pest problem. (original)

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