Knowledge of farmers on pesticide use at Thanh An commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province in 2019

Abstract

The study aims to describe knowledge of farmers on pesticide use at Thanh An commune, Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province in 2019. A cross-sectional study of 152 farmers directly sprayed crop protection chemicals in 2019. The study showed that the rate of people with incorrect general knowledge about the chemical plant protection was 42.8%. Only 56.6% used
pesticides regarding the instructions. Concern the treatment after spraying, only 36.8% of people dumped it in the prescribed places, up to 15.1% poured in the ditch. Most people knew how to collect the package and containers of pesticides in one place to destroy according to the instructions (79.0%), 21.7% threw them on the spot. Based on the results, we strongly recommend to increase communication and education activities to improve the knowledge of safely adherences for local people.