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 study
2. Strong points in the findings
3. Next steps
4. 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