A Cross-Sectional Study of Pesticide Use and Knowledge of Smallholder Potato Farmers in Uganda
Table 6
Knowledge and attitudes towards pesticides among potato farmers in Uganda.
Percent pesticide use practices ()
Entire sample (mean)
Agroecological zone
Chi2
SWH
EH
LAC
SWH versus EH
SWH versus LAC
EH versus LAC
(1) Can read and understand the pesticides labels
38 (154)
29 (68)
46 (67)
35 (20)
4.08
0.23
0.80
(2) Aware of the toxicity color codes present on the pesticide containers
9 (152)
4 (68)
9 (65)
25 (20)
1.22
7.93
3.38
(3) Aware of the negative effects of pesticides on the environment and health
35 (154)
31 (68)
39 (67)
37 (19)
0.93
0.24
0.02
(4) Applies pesticides on a routine basis
35 (154)
49 (68)
21 (67)
40 (20)
11.36
0.45
2.98
(5) Has been using pesticides on potato for >10 years
59 (155)
76 (68)
58 (67)
5 (20)
5.12
32.96
17.56
(6) Pesticides use in potato has increased in the last 10 years
89 (107)
89 (56)
91 (45)
67 (6)
0.09
2.47
3.05
(7) Used tank mixtures of different pesticides on potato
64 (154)
91 (68)
51 (67)
11 (19)
26.86
49.67
9.13
(8) Sex of pesticide sprayer in a household (F: female, M: male)
F = 6 M = 87 M and F = 6 (154)
F = 3 M = 90 M and F = 7 (68)
F = 10 M = 82 M and F = 7 (67)
F = 5 M = 95 (19)
3.08
1.67
2.12
, , and indicate statistical significance at , , and , respectively. ns: not statistically different at . SWH: southwestern highlands; EH: eastern highlands; LAC: Lake Albert Crescent. The sample size () for each percentage is indicated in parenthesis.
