PRELIMINARY SURVEY ON PESTICIDE USE IN CROP CULTIVATION AND IT’S IMPACT ON LOCAL FARMERS IN HINTHADA TOWNSHIP
Abstract
- Hinthada Township is one of the townships located in deltaic area and large amount of rural people depend on agriculture especially paddy and black gram cultivation which is needed to use pesticide. Area of le land is 138382acres (56002.4 hectare) (73%of total cultivated land) and it supports paddy and black gram cultivation. Pests are one of the major problems in black gram cultivation and to get higher economic income from cultivation, pesticides are widely used. But, farmers’ unsystematic pesticide use is dangerous on human health and environment. Local farmers do not know right information on pesticide uses and they suffer immediate illness and severe disease. Objectives of the paper are to present situation of agriculture of Hinthada Township, to explore pesticide use in agriculture of Hinthada Township, to examine the consequences of pesticide uses in Hinthada Township and to predict future prospect of pesticide uses in Hinthada Township. To present the paper, qualitative quantitative mixed method and GIS were applied.
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Lè. Lè. Win
Subject
- Geography
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)