Table 6.
Knowledge and attitudes towards pesticides among potato farmers in Uganda.
| Percent pesticide use practices (n) |
Entire sample (mean) N = 155 |
Agroecological zone | Chi2 | ||||
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| 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∗∗ | 0.23ns | 0.80ns |
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| (2) Aware of the toxicity color codes present on the pesticide containers | 9 (152) | 4 (68) | 9 (65) | 25 (20) | 1.22ns | 7.93∗∗∗ | 3.38∗ |
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| (3) Aware of the negative effects of pesticides on the environment and health | 35 (154) | 31 (68) | 39 (67) | 37 (19) | 0.93ns | 0.24ns | 0.02ns |
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| (4) Applies pesticides on a routine basis | 35 (154) | 49 (68) | 21 (67) | 40 (20) | 11.36∗∗∗ | 0.45ns | 2.98∗ |
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| (5) Has been using pesticides on potato for >10 years | 59 (155) | 76 (68) | 58 (67) | 5 (20) | 5.12∗∗ | 32.96∗∗∗ | 17.56∗∗∗ |
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| (6) Pesticides use in potato has increased in the last 10 years | 89 (107) | 89 (56) | 91 (45) | 67 (6) | 0.09ns | 2.47ns | 3.05∗ |
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| (7) Used tank mixtures of different pesticides on potato | 64 (154) | 91 (68) | 51 (67) | 11 (19) | 26.86∗∗∗ | 49.67∗∗∗ | 9.13∗∗∗ |
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| (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) |
3.08ns | 1.67ns | 2.12ns |
∗∗∗, ∗∗, and ∗ indicate statistical significance at P ≤ 0.01, P ≤ 0.05, and P ≤ 0.1, respectively. ns: not statistically different at P ≤ 0.1. SWH: southwestern highlands; EH: eastern highlands; LAC: Lake Albert Crescent. The sample size (n) for each percentage is indicated in parenthesis.