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    Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta

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    Galli, Anaïs
    Winkler, Mirko S.
    Doanthu, Thuy
    Fuhrimann, Samuel
    Huynh, Tuyen
    Rahn, Eric
    Stamm, Christian
    Staudacher, Philipp
    Huynh, Tung Van
    Loss, Georg
    Date Issued
    2022-09
    Date Online
    2022-08
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review status
    Peer Review
    ISI journal
    Accessibility
    Open Access
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    Galli, A.; Winkler, M.S.; Doanthu, T.; Fuhrimann, S.; Huynh, T.; Rahn, E.; Stamm, C.; Staudacher, P.; Huynh, T.V.; Loss, G. (2022) Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Online first paper (03 August 2022). 16 p. ISSN: 1545-9624
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120447
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2022.2100403
    Abstract/Description
    Over the past three decades, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta has experienced a significant increase in agricultural productivity, partly achieved through increased agrochemical use. To abate negative effects on human and environmental health, several national programs were launched to enhance safer pesticide use. This study aimed to assess the patterns and relationships of official sustainable agriculture educational programs, pesticide safety knowledge, and practices of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 400 smallholder farmers from three communes in Thoi Lai district (Can Tho province) from March to May 2020. Twenty-four questions on pesticide safety knowledge and practices were used to identify traits using latent class analysis. Adjusted generalized linear regression was used to assess determinants of pesticide safety knowledge and estimate associations of pesticide safety knowledge with pesticide practices. 96.2% of participants have used at least one WHO class II pesticide during the past year while the use of specific personal protective equipment was limited mainly due to unavailability (37.0%) or discomfort (83.0%). High education (Odds Ratio (OR), 95% Confidence Interval; 3.84, 1.70–9.45), exposure to official educational programs (1.87, 1.13–3.12), peer-to-peer knowledge exchange (3.58, 2.18–6.00), and learning from governmental extension services (2.31, 1.14–4.98) were positively associated with increased pesticide safety knowledge. Compared to poor practices, pesticide safety knowledge was increasingly positively associated with intermediate (1.65, 1.02–2.66) and good pesticide practices (8.96, 2.58–31.12). These findings highlight the importance of school education and educational programs, access to PPE, and addressing discomforts of PPE to improve the protection of farmers from pesticide exposures. Simultaneously, pesticide market authorization processes should be reconsidered to promote the authorization of less toxic products. Further indepth studies on the nature of pesticides used, nonuse of personal protective equipment, and effectiveness of educational programs will further define leverage points for safer pesticide use.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    Eric Rahnhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-7430
    CGIAR Impact Areas
    Nutrition, health and food security; Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
    Contributes to SDGs
    SDG 12 - Responsible consumption and production
    AGROVOC Keywords
    occupational health; farmers' attitudes; local knowledge; pesticide exposure; salud ocupacional; actitudes de los agricultores; conocimientos locales
    Subjects
    EXTENSION; HEALTH; LIVELIHOODS; POLICY;
    Countries
    Vietnam
    Regions
    Asia; South-eastern Asia
    Organizations Affiliated to the Authors
    Universityu of Basel; The Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas; International Center for Tropical Agriculture; Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology; Can Tho City Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studies
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