Awareness and Practice of Using Pesticides in Vegetables by the Farmers of Bhimdatta Municipality

Abstract

ThepresentstudyentitledAwarenessand Practiceof Using Pesticides in Vegetablesby the Farmers of Bhimdatta Municipalitywas based upon the 114 farmersastheparticipantsofBhimdatta Municipality-18 of …..district.Theobjectivesof thiswere tofind outawareness level about pesticides application on vegetable, to find outthe process and procedure s of conducting awareness, raising programme among thefarmers by local authority and to identify the situation of the pesticide use practice invegetable.Thestudyfollowed descriptive as well as analytical research design.Interview scheduleand observation check list wereused as tool of the study. Therequired data and information were collected by taking an interview with theparticipants by the use of interview schedule by the researcher herself.Researcherwas himself made observation checklist for the approval of respondents' interview.The studywasentirelybasedonprimarysourceofdata.Thedatawereanalyzedandinterpreted manually, whichhas beenpresented in the form of tables and figures withrespective frequency and percentages. Level of awareness about pesticide user was found very poor as they used to sell andeat vegetables after one to 4 days period of pesticide application, 57.01 percentrespondents were not applied personal protective equipment (PPE), 12.28 respondentswere prepared pesticide solution. Nepal is a developing country where people arelearning by doing. 83.33 percent respondents were aware regarding the pesticide usein vegetables by district agricultural office as it was conducted programme. So as tomake people aware and 16.66 percent respondents were aware other source such asradio, T.V. and fellow farmer. 40 respondentswere having IPM knowledge but only20 respondents were applied it practically, the main reason behind of not using IPMtechnique was lack of knowledge by 61.40 percent, 17.54 percent were not used it isbecause pesticides were cheap than that technique. The situation of pesticides was inmiserable condition because, pesticides has been using massively in agro-farming.Over use or non-use of it has several acute and chronic adverse health consequences. Although, Government of Nepal has implemented IPM programme in order tominimize the use of chemicals and pesticides throughout the country, however,farmers misuse or over use pesticides is an agricultural sector. It is because,government does not provide any help and subsidies, if it provides there is lengthy