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Farmers' pesticide use, disposal behavior, and pre-harvest interval : (Record no. 68727)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 68727
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250602090435.0
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022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
International Standard Serial Number 2571-581X (Online)
024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1520943
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mesay Yami
9 (RLIN) 38659
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Farmers' pesticide use, disposal behavior, and pre-harvest interval :
Remainder of title a case study from Nigeria
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Switzerland :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Frontiers Media,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Peer review
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Open Access
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In Sub-Saharan Africa, small farmers rely heavily on synthetic pesticides, the overuse of which poses significant risks to human health, the environment, and food safety. Yet detailed empirical evidence on the knowledge and drivers of pesticide management practices remains scarce, limiting insights for policymakers and development practitioners. To address this gap, we leveraged data collected from 1,556 tomato producers in Northern Nigeria to investigate the determinants of pesticide use behavior using a sequential-exploratory mixed-method approach. We examined a broader range of pest management-related practices than prior literature, including safety equipment usage, pesticide disposal methods, and adherence to pre-harvest intervals (PHIs)-the intervals between the last pesticide application and the crop harvest. We found substantial non-compliance with the recommended practices: 45% of farmers reuse empty pesticide containers for other purposes, 14% discard them on the farm, 15% burn containers in open fires, and 40% harvest tomatoes within 1-5 days after pesticide application, violating the 7-day PHI guideline. These findings suggest that many tomato farmers adopt unsafe practices, which have adverse implications for their health, the environment, and the safety of food for consumers. We show that training on pesticide disposal and midstream market channels (e.g., wholesalers and aggregators) are strongly correlated with improved pesticide handling and PHI compliance. Overall, our results underscore the need for targeted training programs to enhance farmers' awareness of safe pesticide application, disposal practices, and PHI adherence. These efforts should be complemented by stronger regulatory frameworks and mechanisms to align farmer pesticide use practices with consumer preferences for safe products, as observed in the higher PHI adherence among farmers selling to midstream actors.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
597 ## - CGIAR Initiative
CGIAR Initiative Rethinking Food Markets
Donor or Funder CGIAR Trust Fund
CGSpace handle https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174891
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pesticides
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1200
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Food safety
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 5011
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Integrated Pest Management
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 5514
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Nigeria
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4370
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O.
9 (RLIN) 20097
700 0# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Richard Maiwad
9 (RLIN) 38660
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wossen, T.
9 (RLIN) 4841
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Falade, T. D. O.
9 (RLIN) 6818
700 0# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Oyakhilomen Oyinbo
Field link and sequence number 001712444
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
9 (RLIN) 8728
700 0# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Futoshi Yamauchi
9 (RLIN) 38661
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chamberlin, J.
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
Field link and sequence number I1706801
9 (RLIN) 2871
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Feleke, S.
9 (RLIN) 6791
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Abdoulaye, T.
9 (RLIN) 2286
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Title Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Related parts v. 9, art. 1520943
Place, publisher, and date of publication Switzerland : Frontiers Media, 2025.
International Standard Serial Number 2571-581X
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Link text Open Access through DSpace
Uniform Resource Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10883/35624
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Article
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
04/09/2025   04/09/2025 Article Long Overdue Dewey Decimal Classification     CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 04/09/2025

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