Promote safe use of agrochemicals through pesticide use awareness; Prevent environmental pollution as a result of improper pesticide applications and disposal; Ensure compliance with Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations section 216. The recommended safer use actions have been summarized based on these objectives in Table 334. Note that Table 334 and Table 445 are not limited to the current evaluation report. They apply to all previous evaluations as contained in the submitted PERSUAPs of January 2015 and April 2016 and the present evaluation report. 3: Objective Issues Interventions required Outputs PESTICIDE RISK AWARENESS Local pest control Follow GAPs Reduced Reduce reliance options are limited. recommendations incidence of on pesticides. Pesticides are costly Use of IPM diseases and pests. and may not be used Practice crop rotation safely. More Select resistant farmers varieties adopt IPM. Farmers do not fully Continuous education Increased Promote use of appreciate the of farmers on the use of PPEs PPEs importance of PPEs importance of PPEs by farmers Farmers do not fully Promote use of less appreciate the potential hazardous hazards of using agrochemicals pesticides. Containers are used to A sustained Reduced Discourage store household items campaign to number of of pesticide including food. discourage re-use of people containers containers. using Farmers are unaware of pesticide the dangers involved. Provide a central containers point for collecting and disposing containers. Limited farm labor Provide special Reduced Discourage compelling women to training to women on cases of women and apply pesticides. the effects of women children from pesticides on women applying Inability of women to pesticide
Promote safe use of agrochemicals through pesticide use awareness; Prevent environmental pollution as a result of improper pesticide applications and disposal; Ensure compliance with Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations section 216. The recommended safer use actions have been summarized based on these objectives in Table 334. Note that Table 334 and Table 445 are not limited to the current evaluation report. They apply to all previous evaluations as contained in the submitted PERSUAPs of January 2015 and April 2016 and the present evaluation report. 3: Objective Issues Interventions required Outputs PESTICIDE RISK AWARENESS Reduce reliance on pesticides. Local pest control options are limited. Pesticides are costly and may not be used safely. Follow GAPs recommendations Use of IPM Practice crop rotation Select resistant varieties Reduced incidence of diseases and pests. More farmers adopt IPM. Promote use of PPEs Farmers do not fully appreciate the importance of PPEs Farmers do not fully appreciate the potential hazards of using pesticides. Continuous education of farmers on the importance of PPEs Promote use of less hazardous agrochemicals Increased use of PPEs by farmers Discourage of pesticide containers Containers are used to store household items including food. Farmers are unaware of the dangers involved. A sustained campaign to discourage re-use of containers. Provide a central point for collecting and disposing containers. Reduced number of people using pesticide containers Discourage women and children from pesticide Limited farm labor compelling women to apply pesticides. Inability of women to Provide special training to women on the effects of pesticides on women Reduced cases of women applying
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