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| Statement no. | Question: Do you have any problem with the presence of the flower farm in the village? | Frequency (%) of reasons/statements |
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| 1 | I doubt if a single animal/insect will survive where that chemically-enriched waste soil has been dumped by flower farm | 2.31 |
| 2 | My animals have been seek ever since the farm came around | 0.77 |
| 3 |
Papaw/avocado/pumpkin/mango flowers are aborting; even the few that formed fruits started rotting on the tree before the fruit is mature
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1.55
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| 4 |
People working for a long time (2–5 years) get contaminated by chemicals and eventually died when they came out from work
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1.55
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| 5 |
Ever since this flower farm come around, we are experiencing yield loss and abnormal (reduction) crop production
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1.54
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| 6 | A flower farm should never be placed near people because the chemical sprays travel towards our village (>3 Km) up to inside our homestead and children get respiratory diseases | 0.77 |
| 7 | All our crops these days seek and can't breathe properly because of chemicals they apply there | 0.77 |
| 8 | Avocado, mango, papaw, and pumpkin are ripening/falling down earlier and are not tasty, ever since the flower farm came around | 0.77 |
| 9 |
Avocado/mangos don't look good anymore since the establishment of the flower farm, may be because of the pesticides they spray which are poisons
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1.54
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| 10 | Bees are moving away from the flower farm to our villages these days, crops near flower farms suffer | 0.77 |
| 11 | Cassava is stunt; other fruits are rotting these days due to chemicals; it used not be like that | 0.77 |
| 12 | Chemical dumped/deposited, at flower farm edge, during night hours, has a strong smell for >6 months | 0.77 |
| 13 | Chemical of the flower farm is dangerous to humans/livestock/wildlife because can't guarantee keeping polluted water there everyday | 0.77 |
| 14 | Chemical sprays from the flower farm smell alot in our village and they kill flowers of our crops | 0.77 |
| 15 | Chemicals sprayed daily from the flower farm have reduced the bee population in our village | 1.54 |
| 16 | Chemicals sprayed leave the flower farm and move in the air and we smell them too much; my kids fall sick regularly | 0.77 |
| 17 | Emerging pests and diseases in many crops may be due to fume from the flower farm | 0.77 |
| 18 |
Every time the river/swamp water-enriched with water from the flower farm crosses my gardens, I harvestno fruits (egg plants/tomato)
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3.80
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| 19 | Few crops are not very affected by these chemicals, but for most crops their yields are reducing dramatically | 0.77 |
| 20 |
Flower farm dump regularly chemical wastes into the rivers around our villages and this kills fish
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1.54
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| 21 | Crop flowers are quickly aborting and few formed fruits (mangos, avocado, papaw) do not taste well anymore | 0.77 |
| 22 | From most crops, few flowers are turning into fruits/seeds these days ever since the flower farm was established around | 0.77 |
| 23 | Fruit rotting problem started some 3 to 5 years ago; these days, no more good fruits; most of them are rotting | 0.77 |
| 24 | Fumes sprayed in the flower farm kill bees and other animals in the nature around because they smell strongly | 0.77 |
| 25 |
I am convinced that bees disappearing in the village is due to toxic pesticides applied in the flower farm
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3.08
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| 26 | I am not affected in my farming business by any activities around the flower farm | 0.77 |
| 27 | I am now abandoning growing fruit tree crops because they will not give good fruits or if a fruit comes, it is of low quality | 0.77 |
| 28 | I believe that the flower farm chemicals must have contributed to reduced yields and to poor yield performance of crops | 0.77 |
| 29 | I do not think chemicals sprayed in the flower farm are dangerous to our crops or to bees | 0.77 |
| 30 |
I have no problem with the flower farm, either they are there or not I benefit or lose nothing
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5.38
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| 31 | I have no problem, either they are there or not, it does not matter to me | 0.77 |
| 32 |
I regularly see dead fish on the edge of the river that cross the flower farm into our village
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3.08
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| 33 |
I regularly see vehicles moving at night from the flower farm dumping smelly chemicals near our village
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2.31
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| 34 |
I see no problem may be because I am a migrant worker, but one from this village has always complained about bees declining (disappearance) |
2.31
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| 35 | I strongly believe that the fume of pesticides applied in the flower is responsible for currently observed flower abortion in most fruit crops in the village | 0.77 |
| 36 | I suspect the flower farm is dangerous to people and animals because of the nature of smelling the toxic chemicals they apply | 0.77 |
| 37 | I used to see many snakes/soil ant colonies around the village, these days I rarely see them passing around | 0.77 |
| 38 | Insect pests chased near the flower farm came in my (>1000 m) garden to eat/destroy my crops | 0.77 |
| 39 | Many children who went to work at the flower farm got exposed to these pesticides and died | 0.77 |
| 40 | Most of the mango/avocado fruits grown near the flower farm are no longer tasty or juicy | 2.31 |
| 41 | Never place flower farms near people because they don't need bees but farmers need bee'-visits to crops | 0.77 |
| 42 | No activity from the flower farm affects my crops; egg plants and tomato grow here in the village | 0.77 |
| 43 | No one has ever complained about chemicals applied there to kill his crops | 0.77 |
| 44 | No problem because I was informed that they have constructed several dams for recycling their water and for containing chemical wastes there | 0.77 |
| 45 |
Papaw/avocado are no longer sweet, too many fruit diseases emerging these days; tree crops are currently yielding
low
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2.31
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| 46 | People living near the flower farm breathe polluted air with dangerous chemicals, fall sick frequently, and many die | 0.77 |
| 47 | People working at the flower farm become tiny and die after 3–5 years of working there | 0.77 |
| 48 |
People fear to use the stream water because they believe it is full off chemical wastes dumped regularly by the flower farm
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3.08
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| 49 |
People living at the edge of the flower farm can smell the fumes (pesticides) scent from the flower farm daily
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2.31
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| 50 |
People who grow mango/avocado/papaw near (at the edge of) the flower farm experience low yields these days;they are complaining
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2.31
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| 51 | People who work at the flower farm all get sick because of chemical breathing and many die after 2–5 years working | 0.77 |
| 52 |
People who work in the flower farm start falling sick 3–5 years later
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1.54
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| 53 | Pesticides applied in the flower farm are decolorating (changing the colour) our crops in the village | 0.77 |
| 54 |
People who work in these flower farms complain all time about their health status andlow salaries (not paid in time)
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3.08
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| 55 | Pumpkin and watermelon flowers do not turn into fruits anymore near the flower farm, but in the village (>2 km) fruits are many | 0.77 |
| 56 |
Since the farm was established here, we experience rotting of fruits (avocado, papaw) and it may be due to chemicals
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1.54
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| 57 | When smelling chemicals up to 2-3 Km here in the village, I lose my appétite and my children fall sick all the time | 0.77 |
| 58 | So far no complaint apart from the risk of our cows drinking the river water-enriched with chemical water from the flower farm | 0.77 |
| 59 | The flower farm is dumping the crop residues full of chemicals in our village and they smell a lot for 6 months | 0.77 |
| 60 |
The flower farm pollute river/wetland waters crossing our village
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1.54
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| 61 | The flower farm pour chemically-enriched water into the river that people use as drinking water and we drink that water | 0.77 |
| 62 | The flower farm spray daily massive toxic chemical that flies up to 2–4 km in the village | 0.77 |
| 63 | The fumes from the flower farm smell badly everyday their are applied; and we fall seek after being exposed for long time | 0.77 |
| 64 | The rate of abortion of my cows is very high these days and I think it is due to drinking polluted water from the flower farm | 0.77 |
| 65 |
The rate of abortion of my cows is very high these days and I think it is due to drinking polluted water from the flower farm
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1.54
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| 66 | The recycling of water around the flower farm is not properly done/controlled, there is still leakage of their water into the river | 0.77 |
| 67 |
The reduction in crop yields in the village may be due to the fact that bees smell pesticides from the flower and die
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1.54
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| 68 |
The soil from the waste dumping point can smell a lot for more than 5 months
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2.31
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| 69 | The yield of fruits (mango/avocado/passion fruits) has reduced to 15 to 35% since the flower farm came around | 0.77 |
| 70 |
There are rumors that chemicals applied spoil our crops, but I am not sure if it is
linked to seasonal/climate changes
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2.31
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| 71 |
There are several dumping holes of chemical wastes near our gardens
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1.54
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| 72 | There are no more bees and honey production is absent in the village ever since the flower farm is around | 0.77 |
| 73 |
There are several dumping points of chemically-enriched soils in our village
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1.54
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| 74 | There was a problem of water leakage from the flower farm into the river, but they claimed to have controlled it (properly closed it), it is not correct | 0.77 |
| 75 |
These days I see many fish dying/stunting because the water I use in my 12 fish ponds cross the flower farm
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1.54
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| 76 | These days, there is too much water in the swamp because the flower sends a lot there daily | 0.77 |
| 77 | These people claim recycling/reutilizing water 2 times only, after that water, where do they put it? Not in the river? | 0.77 |
| 78 |
These days, there is too much crop failure due to pests/diseases/chemicals applied in the flower farm
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1.54
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| 79 | They kill bees with chemicals in the village because they don't want any single bee to land on the flower farm | 0.77 |
| 80 | Water from the flower farm is currently still leaking into the river and both human beings and cows drink that water and fall sick and die. | 1.54 |
| 81 | We meet several hundreds of dead bees/snakes/fish/lizard in the fields a day after they have sprayed | 0.77 |
| 82 | We are all migrant and care little about effects of pesticides on crops grown here | 0.77 |
| 83 | We regularly see several thousands fish dying near the flower farm where they eject water into Lake Victoria | 0.77 |
| 84 | Whenever they are at spraying the flower farm, the fumes comes into the air and reaches our houses and make us fall sick; including our wives and children | 0.77 |
| 85 | Yields of my crops are reducing because I think the flower farm killed all the bees in the village that pollinate my crops | 0.77 |
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