Table 6.

Farmer perceptions on occupational health hazards associated with chemical use.

Variables	Percent of studied farms reported
	SP	SPP	PP	Overall
Chemicals administrated according to
Safety instructions on product label	2.4	2.2	6.1	3.4
Instructions by chemical supplier	19	53	48	40
Instructions by govt. extension staff	0.79	2.9	0.00	1.3
Instructions by NGO extension staff	22	3.6	7.0	11
Information from neighbor farmers/friends	28	37	17	28
Farmers own experience	69	53	49	57
Use protection during handling chemicals	46	71	56	58
Direct contact between skin and chemicals	74	59	75	69
Direct contact between skin and water containing chemicals	81	85	88	84
Farmers were informed about the health and environmental risks associated with chemical use	64	57	46	56
Farmers were instructed on safely handling of chemicals	18	42	33	32
Farmers were informed about banned chemicals	43	20	25	29
Health problem faced followed by using chemicals (skin lesion, skin allergy, coughing)	46	41	53	46
Stored chemicals
Farmers home	31	55	34	41
Guard shed at farm site	23	26	22	24
Record keeping of chemical use	14	17	8.8	13