avoidable high cost of agrochemicals and over application of pesticides. ACTIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE Develop training All farmers who attend GAPS training are Conduct safe pesticide content targeting trained on safe pesticide use. use training specific groups GAPs trainings are supported by radio – Farmers and other farmers, women, jingles on safe pesticide use in local persons who handle dealers, partners language pesticides have etc. inadequate knowledge of pesticide products and labels. Work with NFs One hundred and eighty (180) individuals Promote the services of and FBOs to have so far been trained and equipped to SSPs include spray provide commercial spray services to services in their farmers. In the 2016 crop season they extension support provided services to 3,724 farmers (38% to out-growers. of them being women) Farmers may do their own spraying because Provide regular they have no access to training to SSPs on environmental trained spray service providers. safety procedures. Farmers who do their own spraying often do not wear PPEs and may apply more chemical than needed. Train farmers to The project continues to use PERSUAP Avoid the use of highly read and recommended chemicals as a guide for toxic products understand the farmers. As part of pesticide use symbols and monitoring on demos, pesticide active colours on ingredients used on demos were pesticide labels. compared with those used by farmers Farmers do not who hosted demos to determine the appreciate the short and Promote use of extent to which farmers are adopting non-chemical pest long term consequences pesticide use practices on demos. Except of very toxic products on control option for 2 active ingredients, farmers used the their health and the same active ingredients on their farms. environment. Some farmers simply do
avoidable high cost of agrochemicals and over application of pesticides. ACTIONS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE Conduct safe pesticide use training Farmers and other persons who handle pesticides have inadequate knowledge of pesticide products and labels. Develop training content targeting specific groups – farmers, women, dealers, partners etc. All farmers who attend GAPS training are trained on safe pesticide use. GAPs trainings are supported by radio jingles on safe pesticide use in local language Promote the services of SSPs Farmers may do their own spraying because they have no access to trained spray service providers. Farmers who do their own spraying often do not wear PPEs and may apply more chemical than needed. Work with NFs and FBOs to include spray services in their extension support to out-growers. Provide regular training to SSPs on environmental safety procedures. One hundred and eighty (180) individuals have so far been trained and equipped to provide commercial spray services to farmers. In the 2016 crop season they provided services to 3,724 farmers (38% of them being women) Avoid the use of highly toxic products Farmers do not appreciate the short and long term consequences of very toxic products on their health and the environment. Some farmers simply do Train farmers to read and understand the symbols and colours on pesticide labels. Promote use of non-chemical pest control option The project continues to use PERSUAP recommended chemicals as a guide for farmers. As part of pesticide use monitoring on demos, pesticide active ingredients used on demos were compared with those used by farmers who hosted demos to determine the extent to which farmers are adopting pesticide use practices on demos. Except for 2 active ingredients, farmers used the same active ingredients on their farms.