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PESTICIDE USAGE IN VEGETABLES IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Title PESTICIDE USAGE IN VEGETABLES IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
 
Creator MAH ANTES H, N.
 
Contributor Alka Singh
 
Subject pesticides, productivity, costs, economics, crops, vegetables, area, biological phenomena, integrated pest management, diseases
 
Description t-8017
Pesticides coupled with other modern
inputs undoubtedly have enabled the
country to achieve unparalleled increase in ag
ricultural productivity
over the last five
decades and thus enabled to achieve food security
.
However, chemical methods of plant
protection have proven to be increasingly unsustainable and cost ineffective due to
development of pest resistance, rising pestic
ide cost, pesticide induced outbreak of pest
and negative effects of pesticide use on huma
n health and environment. Visualizing the
importance of various pesticide issues, th
e present study intends to examine the
economic and environmental issues of pestic
ide usage in vegetables in Western Uttar
Pradesh. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) to study the farmer’s knowledge,
practices and perceptio
n of pests and pestic
ide use in vegetable
production; (2) to
examine the economics of pestic
ide use in vegetable producti
on; and (3) to assess the
environmental risks associated
with the pesticide use and
farmer’s willingness to pay
for safer control measures.
The results indicated that farmers had lim
ited knowledge of pest management as
well as the consequences of pesticide use. Almost all the potato-growing farmers (95
per cent) were of the opinion that there was
heavy severity of disease in the study area.
The expenditure on nitrogen, average pri
ce of pesticide and pest intensity has
significantly influenced the pesticide use in
vegetables. High pesticide use was observed
in all the selected vegetables and most of
the pesticides belong to high and moderate
risk chemicals. Endosulfan was the major insect
icide used by the most of the farmers in
all the four vegetables. The unit cost of pest
control was found to be highest in case of
tomato and least in case of potato. The determ
inants of vegetable yield revealed that the
estimated coefficients for fertilizer expenditure, area under the crop, FYM used and
expenditure on pesticides were found to be
positive and significant. The IPM showed
the potential of avoiding the pesticide risk
hazards by 35 to 53 per cent in all the
vegetables. Farmers are willing to pay average price premium up to 27 per cent for
environmentally safer formulations of pesticides. This confirms that a market exists for
safer or environment friendly pesticides
in the study area. Increasing farmers’
awareness of pesticide hazards, proper regul
ation of pesticides and promotion of bio-
pesticides and IPM is essential for re
ducing adverse economic and environmental
implications
 
Date 2017-01-07T11:30:48Z
2017-01-07T11:30:48Z
2008
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/94970
 
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