Table 2.
Classification of pesticides used by small-scale farmers in Wakiso and Pallisa Districts, Uganda.
| Pesticide | Number of farmers* |
Pallisa | Wakiso | Toxicological class by WHO |
Chemical class |
| 2,4 D | 2 | 0 | 2 | II |
Øverst på formularen Phenoxy-carboxylic-acidNederst på formularen |
| Alpha-cypermethrin | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | Pyrethroid |
| Cypermethrin-profenofos | 47 | 13 | 34 | II | Pyrethroid |
| Cypermethrin | 52 | 24 | 28 | II | Pyrethroid |
| DDT | 1 | 1 | 0 | II | Organochlorine |
| Dimethoate | 16 | 6 | 10 | II | Organophosphate |
| Dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic | 1 | 1 | 0 | II | Unclassified |
| Endosulfan | 1 | 0 | 1 | II | Organochlorine |
| Fenvalerate | 1 | 1 | 0 | II | Pyrethroid |
| Lamda cyhalothrin | 11 | 6 | 5 | II | Pyrethroid |
| Paraquat | 2 | 0 | 2 | II | Bipyridylium |
| Glyphosate | 14 | 1 | 13 | III | Phosphonomethyl |
| Malathion | 1 | 1 | 0 | III | Organophosphate |
| Mancozeb | 19 | 2 | 17 | U | Dithiocarbamate |
| Unknown | 28 | 8 | 20 |
*
The same farmer often uses several pesticides and spray with the same pesticide several times.