Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversityu of Baselen
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areasen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technologyen
cg.contributor.affiliationCan Tho City Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studiesen
cg.coverage.countryVietnam
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2VN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierEric Rahn: 0000-0001-6280-7430
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2022.2100403en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1545-9624en
cg.issue9en
cg.journalJournal of Occupational and Environmental Hygieneen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.river.basinMEKONGen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatEXTENSIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatHEALTHen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatLIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPOLICYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen
cg.volume19en
dc.contributor.authorGalli, Anaïsen
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Mirko S.en
dc.contributor.authorDoanthu, Thuyen
dc.contributor.authorFuhrimann, Samuelen
dc.contributor.authorHuynh, Tuyenen
dc.contributor.authorRahn, Ericen
dc.contributor.authorStamm, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorStaudacher, Philippen
dc.contributor.authorHuynh, Tung Vanen
dc.contributor.authorLoss, Georgen
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-04T07:01:49Zen
dc.date.available2022-08-04T07:01:49Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/120447
dc.titleAssessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Deltaen
dcterms.abstractOver the past three decades, the Vietnamese Mekong Delta has experienced a significant increase in agricultural productivity, partly achieved through increased agrochemical use. To abate negative effects on human and environmental health, several national programs were launched to enhance safer pesticide use. This study aimed to assess the patterns and relationships of official sustainable agriculture educational programs, pesticide safety knowledge, and practices of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 400 smallholder farmers from three communes in Thoi Lai district (Can Tho province) from March to May 2020. Twenty-four questions on pesticide safety knowledge and practices were used to identify traits using latent class analysis. Adjusted generalized linear regression was used to assess determinants of pesticide safety knowledge and estimate associations of pesticide safety knowledge with pesticide practices. 96.2% of participants have used at least one WHO class II pesticide during the past year while the use of specific personal protective equipment was limited mainly due to unavailability (37.0%) or discomfort (83.0%). High education (Odds Ratio (OR), 95% Confidence Interval; 3.84, 1.70–9.45), exposure to official educational programs (1.87, 1.13–3.12), peer-to-peer knowledge exchange (3.58, 2.18–6.00), and learning from governmental extension services (2.31, 1.14–4.98) were positively associated with increased pesticide safety knowledge. Compared to poor practices, pesticide safety knowledge was increasingly positively associated with intermediate (1.65, 1.02–2.66) and good pesticide practices (8.96, 2.58–31.12). These findings highlight the importance of school education and educational programs, access to PPE, and addressing discomforts of PPE to improve the protection of farmers from pesticide exposures. Simultaneously, pesticide market authorization processes should be reconsidered to promote the authorization of less toxic products. Further indepth studies on the nature of pesticides used, nonuse of personal protective equipment, and effectiveness of educational programs will further define leverage points for safer pesticide use.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-08-03
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGalli, A.; Winkler, M.S.; Doanthu, T.; Fuhrimann, S.; Huynh, T.; Rahn, E.; Stamm, C.; Staudacher, P.; Huynh, T.V.; Loss, G. (2022) Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Online first paper (03 August 2022). 16 p. ISSN: 1545-9624en
dcterms.extentp. 509-523en
dcterms.issued2022-09-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectoccupational healthen
dcterms.subjectfarmers' attitudesen
dcterms.subjectlocal knowledgeen
dcterms.subjectpesticide exposureen
dcterms.subjectsalud ocupacionalen
dcterms.subjectactitudes de los agricultoresen
dcterms.subjectconocimientos localesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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