Assessment of Pesticide Use against Tephritidae Fruit Fly and Other Pest among Small-scale Solanaceous Vegetable Farmers in Bugorhe-Kabare the Democratic Republic of Congo
作者机构:Agricultural Entomology laboratoryEntomology SectionResearch Centre in Natural Sciences(CRSN-Lwiro)Democratic Republic of Congo Department of BiologyState University of BukavuDemocratic Republic of Congo
出 版 物:《NASS Journal of Agricultural Sciences》 (NASS农业科学杂志(英文))
年 卷 期:2022年第4卷第2期
页 面:27-35页
学科分类:09[农学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 090202[农学-蔬菜学]
主 题:Pesticide Market gardeners’crops Farmer’s small holders Endocrine disruptors Cholinesterase inhibitors
摘 要:Ninety-six farmers interviewed in Kabare,east of the DR Congo during *** majority were males(79.17%),ranging 30 to 60 years,used different pesticides in vegetable farms and the main solanaceous crops cultivated is *** use of insecticide and fungicide were high,with many different formulations of the different class types recorded in use,(20%)endocrine disruptors,(40%)cholinesterase inhibitors,(35%)carcinogen and potential carcinogens suspected to be.A lot of out of those pesticides are unregistered for general *** applied pesticide once a week and they didn’t have specific *** skin effects,headaches and dizziness are *** do not have a good system of pesticide packaging *** reducing pesticide application,we propose options of agro *** suggest that the Congolese government must create a quarantine,control and surveillance service for phytosanitary products,fruits and vegetables within the DRC country and at these ***,it needs urgent action from the federal and regional governments to formulate policy,design legislation,and enforcing for its implementation concerning the supply,transportation,storage,appropriateness,and application of harmful pesticides.