Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Pesticides, Health, and Poverty Further Perspectives

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty

Further Perspectives


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1. Challenges in the case study

2. Strong points in the findings

3. Next steps

4. Shaping the recommendations


1.1. Challenges in the Challenges in the Case Study Case Study


Challenges in the Case Challenges in the Case StudyStudy

• Study area typified by intensive agricultural systems– Regional behavior study / nationally

relevant conclusions

• Survey covers land owners (decision makers) but not landless (pesticide users?)– It is more difficult to assess health impacts

• Multi-sectoral agriculture-health study


2. Strong points in the 2. Strong points in the studystudy


Strong points in the studyStrong points in the study

• Poor use less pesticides than the non-poor, but the chemicals are more toxic.

• Poor are very aware of risks• Poor have less access to training

– e.g. safe handling of pesticides training; poor 29%, non-poor 34%

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Application amount(kg)

Risk-weighted amount(per 100 kg)

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3. Next steps3. Next steps


• Need for more research:

–Difficult to establish causality for pesticide-health linkages in water logged environment

Next stepsNext steps

Water Environment

Health

Poverty

Pesticides


4. Shaping the 4. Shaping the recommendationsrecommendations


•How to provide the poor with more practical solutions on safer pesticide use through

– Strategic extension messages

– Training

Shaping the RecommendationsShaping the Recommendations

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