Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use among managements and sprayers at three selected agriculture industries

Jamiluddin, Nurul Amirah (2014) Knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use among managements and sprayers at three selected agriculture industries. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Project paper (B.Sc.(Environmental & Occupational Health)) - Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2014. Background: Studies on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) indicate the unsafe use of pesticides is common in developing countries. This study was focusing on rubbers, pineapples and vegetables plantation. A survey showed that poisoning had occurred in 14.5% among 4,531 farmers in Cameron Highlands. A recent report by the Malaysian Department of Occupational Safety and Health revealed that the accident rate for improper handling of pesticides is four times higher compared to other type agricultural work. Methodology: A cross sectional study had been conducted to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use among managements and pesticide sprayers at three selected agriculture industries namely rubbers, pineapples and vegetables plantation. One hundred and fifty respondents were chosen by purposive sampling at three different plantations area, where each industry comprises of 10 managements workers and 40 pesticide handlers. Questionnaire consists of 5 main parts which are socio demographic, attitude, practice. PPE use and knowledge. Each part of attitude, practice and knowledge calculated based on the each Likert- type scale. Descriptive analysis was used to determine the percentage and mean for the knowledge, attitude and practice for each areas. Chi square test was used to determine the difference between KAP variable with use of PPE and Anova test was used to compare the KAP study among pesticide sprayer and managements. Reliability result shows high internal consistency (cronbach alpha coefficient = 0.966) Result: This study indicates that pineapple pesticide sprayer had the highest mean score (65.31%) followed by rubbers (62.79%) and vegetables (62.42%). However, there was no significant different (p>0.05) of good practice and attitude between sprayers and three different plantation areas. There is significant association of KAP with the use of PPE. The study indicates that, there is no significant difference between three management in term of their KAP of pesticide. Although the knowledge and practice shows high score, the attitude of the pesticide sprayers and their management is very poor. Conclusion: Although the knowledge and practice shows high score, the attitude of pesticide sprayer and their management is very poor. Keywords: Knowledge. Attitude. Practice, Pesticide, Agricultures

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms. Adni Syuhaida Zon
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 06:44
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2023 01:28
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/598

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