Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty

Further Perspectives

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

Presentation Presentation OverviewOverview

1. Challenges in the case study2. Strong points in the findings3. Next steps4. Shaping the recommendations

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

1.1. Challenges in the Challenges in the Case Study Case Study

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

Challenges in the Case Challenges in the Case StudyStudy

• Study area typified by intensive agricultural systems– Regional behavior study / nationally

relevant conclusions• Survey covers land owners (decision

makers) but not landless (pesticide users?)– It is more difficult to assess health impacts

• Multi-sectoral agriculture-health study

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

2. Strong points in the 2. Strong points in the studystudy

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

Strong points in the studyStrong points in the study

• Poor use less pesticides than the non-poor, but the chemicals are more toxic.

• Poor are very aware of risks• Poor have less access to training

– e.g. safe handling of pesticides training; poor 29%, non-poor 34%

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Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

3. Next steps3. Next steps

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

• Need for more research:–Difficult to establish causality

for pesticide-health linkages in water logged environment

Next stepsNext steps

Water Environment

Health

Poverty

Pesticides

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

4. Shaping the 4. Shaping the recommendationsrecommendations

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives

•How to provide the poor with more practical solutions on safer pesticide use through– Strategic extension messages– Training

Shaping the RecommendationsShaping the Recommendations