ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014
Reducing pesticide risks to farming communities: cotton farmer field schools in Mali.
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- Pesticide Research on Environmental and Human Exposure and Risks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Evaluating and Enhancing an Educational Intervention to Reduce Smallholder Farmers' Exposure to Pesticides in Uganda Through a Digital, Systematic Approach to Behavior Change: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- Assessment of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Producers' Exposure Level to Pesticides, in Kouka and Toussiana (Burkina Faso).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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- Effect of Integrated Pest Management Training on Ugandan Small-Scale Farmers.Environmental health insights · 2017Review
- Silicone wristbands detect individuals' pesticide exposures in West Africa.Royal Society open science · 2016Article
- Awareness and Need for Knowledge of Health and Safety among Dairy Farmers Interviewed in Uganda.Frontiers in public health · 2016Article
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- Measuring pesticide ecological and health risks in West African agriculture to establish an enabling environment for sustainable intensification.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2014Article
- Achieving food and environmental security: new approaches to close the gap.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2014Article
- Passive sampling devices enable capacity building and characterization of bioavailable pesticide along the Niger, Senegal and Bani Rivers of Africa.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2014Article
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Abstract
We provide results from a study of two separate sectors within the cotton-growing region of southern Mali. In one sector, farmers have engaged in a farmer field school (FFS) training programme since 2003--the other not. One goal of the training was the adoption of alternatives to the use of hazardous insecticides, through integrated pest management (IPM) methods. Over an 8-year period, analysis showed that with roughly 20% of the 4324 cotton-growing farm households having undergone training, hazardous insecticide use for the entire sector fell by 92.5% compared with earlier figures and with the second (control) sector. Yields for cotton in both sectors were highly variable over time, but no evidence was found for changes in yield owing to shifts in pest management practices. Evidence is presented for a likely diffusion of new practices having taken place, from FFS participants to non-participants. We discuss strengths and weaknesses of the FFS approach, in general, and highlight the need for improved baseline survey and impact analyses to be integrated into FFS projects.
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