Research Article

Total Pesticide Exposure Calculation among Vegetable Farmers in Benguet, Philippines

Table 1

Mean pesticide exposure among vegetable farmers in Benguet.

Pesticide usage in farmMeanStandard deviation

Amount of pesticide (Liters) per application21.3548.17
Average of total application time (hrours) per day3.471.84
Average amount of time used to prepare dilution (minutes) per application14.1829.88
Average spraying application per day2.763.60
Days of pesticide use in a week1.901.23
Months per cropping season3.840.75
Cropping seasons per year2.300.53