Make mosquito treated bed nets available at reported (MoH)/Ghana affordable increase in Health prices to bilharzia control plan cases among (GHS); farmers and cases farmers and and clinics local under project communities project areas community members Educate Pesticide hazards and Number of farmers and Proper use of use guide manual or cases of a) farm assistants pesticides by leaflet for the project pesticide on proper use farmers and (include simple poisoning GHS/local of pesticides farm pictorial occurring under and clinics and pesticide assistants presentations) the project use hazards Control and Farmers Adoption of IPM Number of PPRSD-MoFA, supervise trained in Improper use approaches/ farmers trained, DAES- MoFA pesticide use IPM techniques Training records regional officers of pesticides on farms techniques by farmers and farm 1. Levels and assistants trend of pesticide residue Pesticide in sampled Monitor Random sampling residue in Ghana pesticide procedure for crops crops within Board Number of residue in and storage products acceptable times exported PPRSD-MoFA crops limit/MRL crops are rejected due to pesticide residues Number of 1. Educate of pesticide Farmers, farm farmers, farm poisoning assistants, Poisoning assistants and through use of 1. a) 1. Pesticide hazards FBOs, local from pesticide and use guide communities improper communities containers; manual or leaflet for educated on GHS/local disposal of on health Number of the project pesticide and clinics pesticide hazards farmers health containers associated with returning empty hazards use of pesticide pesticide containers containers at 2. Pesticide container Pesticide collection 2. PPRSD/EPA
Make mosquito treated bed nets available at affordable prices to farmers and local community members bilharzia control plan increase in cases under project reported cases among farmers and communities (MoH)/Ghana Health (GHS); and clinics project areas Improper use of pesticides by farmers and farm assistants Educate farmers and farm assistants on proper use of pesticides and pesticide use hazards Pesticide hazards and use guide manual or leaflet for the project (include simple pictorial presentations) Proper use of pesticides by farmers and farm assistants Number of cases of pesticide poisoning occurring under the project a) GHS/local and clinics Control and supervise pesticide use on farms Adoption of IPM approaches/ techniques Farmers trained in IPM techniques Number of farmers trained, Training records PPRSD-MoFA, DAES- MoFA regional officers Monitor pesticide residue in crops Random sampling procedure for crops and storage products Pesticide residue in crops within acceptable limit/MRL 1. Levels and trend of pesticide residue in sampled Number of times exported crops are rejected due to pesticide residues Ghana Board PPRSD-MoFA Poisoning from improper disposal of pesticide containers 1. Educate farmers, farm assistants and communities on health hazards associated with use of pesticide containers 1. Pesticide hazards and use guide manual or leaflet for the project Farmers, farm assistants, FBOs, local communities educated on pesticide health hazards Number of of pesticide poisoning through use of pesticide containers; Number of farmers returning empty pesticide containers at collection 1. a) GHS/local and clinics 2. Pesticide container Pesticide 2. PPRSD/EPA
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