Knowledge and Practices of safety use of Pesticides among Farm workers

This paper is focused on level of Knowledge and Practice of safety pesticide use among various farmworkers in agricultural field. Certain level of education and experience has contributed significant knowledge on safety use of pesticides which further has to make them to practice correct methods while applying pesticides. But no such practice has been identified which tells the need of special training to implement known safety measures rather than knowing further. Age and gender have not influenced their knowledge and practice on safety use of pesticides. Interestingly, farm workers who are working in closed farms had more knowledge than those of in open farms but both group of workers are practicing only half of the safety measures which are known to them. Hence, they extremely need a motivational programme rather than awareness programme.