قياس الوعي البيئي لاستخدام المبيدات لدى المزارعين بمحلية دنقلا (2013-2012)‎

Abstract EN

Environmental awareness of pesticide risks is critical, as the better, so that the greater the awareness in dealing with agricultural chemicals, the less harm will be and the greater the desired benefit.

The study aim to determine the level of farmers’ pesticide use awareness in the Dongola area, as well as how to store and dispose of excess pesticides.

A questionnaire was created to collect the essential data and disseminate it to the local farmers.

For each project, five vegetable farms were chosen, and each farmer was interviewed on his farm, filling out a questionnaire.

Personal interviews with officials in domains connected to the research’s issue, such as agricultural project management, crop protection, hospitals, and others, were conducted.

The results of the analysis revealed that the education rate among middle farmers in North Dongola is relatively high when compared to those in South and East Dongola (66.7% secondary, 73.3% university, 68% primary), and in South Dongola (22.7%, 26.7% primary secondary, respectively The study also revealed that 16.7 % of university students in Dongola city did not receive guidance from project management regarding the optimal use of pesticides, as extension services are provided to farmers of cash crops only, such as wheat, This may result in a clear decline in environmental awareness among farmers in the locality despite their long established farming practices and pesticide use.

However, without good guidance on how to properly use the practice, it is of no use, as the study showed that some diseases might be caused by exposure to pesticides without taking precautions or wearing protective clothing.

A study shows that allergic diseases and poisoning eye diseases are the most common among farmers, with a percentage of 32.9%, 16.3%, and 38.8%, respectively.

In addition, improper handling of pesticides has resulted in poisoning cases.

Moreover, we know from the questionnaire that 38.8% of farmers suffer from poisoning.

The study concluded that there are effects of unsafe use of pesticides as a result of lack of awareness of safe use, so this topic requires many successive studies to know the extent of the damage accurately and the possibility of solving these problems and achieving their effects.