Research Article

Is Cut-Flower Industry Promotion by the Government Negatively Affecting Pollinator Biodiversity and Environmental/Human Health in Uganda?

Table 18

Opinion of farmers about sustainable solutions to solve the conflicts created by the establishment of the flower farm (farmers’ sustainable and win-win solution) to the development of the flower industry in the villages of Uganda.

Statement no. Question: Which sustainable solution do you propose to resolve your conflicts with the flower farm?Frequency (%) of statements by farmers interviewed

1 Destroy or move away the flower farm where there are no people 5.9
2 I do not know what should be done because they have consulted politicians to come here3.0
3 I do not know what should be done, but I am worried that chemicals will continue to kill/finish people in the village2.2
4 I want them to leave our village2.2
5 I want them to pay (buy) my land and I will leave the place, no other solutions1.5
6 I want to go away to farm and leave this land for them1.5
7 Isolate or remove the flower farm from our village 5.2
8Maintain the flower farm around because we get clean water/electricity and charge our phones there0.7
9Need regular meeting with them to tell us that chemicals applied are not dangerous to living organisms2.2
10 No problem, no need to disturb them in the village; they provide employment opportunity to communities 5.2
11Sensitize people about the bad and the good things from the flower farm2.2
12Since the flower farm was established here, we are worried and we keep speculating about the negative effects on our crops and health1.5
13The flower farm should leave the village and go to a place where people are not1.5
14 They can stay there because their activities do not affect me at all 8.1
15They need to show us evidence that chemicals applied are not dangerous to crops/livestock/wildlife/fish1.5
16 They should stop application of dangerous pesticides to humans and crops 5.9
17They should use no toxic chemicals on bees/snakes/fish/lizard 2.2
18 I don't know what should be done (I have no power to propose what should be done) 47.4

Chi-square test for difference in frequency of statements: , , , .
The frequency is the number of times the statement was given by people interviewed; as one interviewed person could offer several statements for each question asked by the researcher.