Table 3.

Respondents disposition to pesticides usage in farm operations.

S/N	Pesticide used	Response options	Osun	Ondo	Oyo
			%	%	%
Insecticide
1	Phostoxin	Never	66.7	62.6	43.6
		Occasional	19.6	20.9	27.3
		Always	13.7	16.5	29.1
2	Cypermethrin	Never	66.7	90.1	65.5
		Occasional	27.5	7.7	23.6
		Always	5.9	2.2	10.9
3	Lambdacyhalothrin	Never	86.3	91.2	80.0
		Occasional	7.8	5.5	14.5
		Always	5.9	3.3	5.5
4	Proteus	Never	84.3	86.8	60
		Occasional	7.8	7.7	29.1
		Always	7.8	5.5	10.9
5	Actara	Never	68.6	85.7	60.0
		Occasional	21.6	7.7	27.3
		Always	9.8	6.6	12.7
6	Esiom	Never	88.2	87.9	74.5
		Occasional	7.8	8.8	20.0
		Always	3.9	3.3	5.5
7	Gammalin 20 EC	Never	51.0	57.1	34.5
		Occasional	25.5	13.2	36.4
		Always	23.5	29.7	29.1
8	Donwell	Never	84.3	87.9	76.4
		Occasional	5.9	4.4	21.8
		Always	9.8	7.7	1.8
9	Perfect Killer 20 EC	Never	54.9	59.3	58.2
		Occasional	31.4	15.4	21.8
		Always	13.7	25.3	20.0
10	Rocket 20 EC	Never	74.5	83.5	70.9
		Occasional	15.7	12.1	18.2
		Always	9.8	4.4	10.9
Herbicide
1	Paraquat	Never	19.6	23.1	23.6
		Occasional	39.2	25.3	45.5
		Always	41.2	51.6	30.9
2	Touch down	Never	49.0	36.3	29.1
		Occasional	21.6	18.7	32.7
		Always	29.4	45.1	38.2
Fungicide
1	Red force	Never	51.0	51.6	45.5
		Occasional	11.8	20.9	29.1
		Always	37.3	27.5	25.5
2	Ridomil gold	Never	62.7	73.6	58.2
		Occasional	23.5	12.1	25.5
		Always	13.7	14.3	16.4
3	Champ DP	Never	84.3	89.0	65.5
		Occasional	13.7	3.3	27.3
		Always	2.0	7.7	7.3
4	Ultimax plus	Never	35.3	50.5	32.7
		Occasional	27.5	14.3	29.1
		Always	37.3	35.2	38.2
5	Funguran OH	Never	66.7	48.4	40.0
		Occasional	13.7	13.2	18.2
		Always	19.6	38.5	41.8
6	Tandem	Never	60.8	85.7	67.3
		Occasional	27.5	6.6	25.5
		Always	11.8	7.7	7.3
7	Kocide 101WP	Never	82.4	90.1	69.1
		Occasional	11.8	5.5	25.5
		Always	5.9	4.4	5.5

Source: Field Survey 2023