Farmers Awareness Concerning Negative Effects of Pesticides on Environment in Jordan

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F15%3A65723" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/15:65723 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v9n2p12" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v9n2p12</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v9n2p12" target="_blank" >10.5539/mas.v9n2p12</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Farmers Awareness Concerning Negative Effects of Pesticides on Environment in Jordan
Original language description
The main goal of this study was to determine the levels of knowledge of the farmers on the effect of pesticides on environment in Valleys area, Jordan. This is achieved through realizing some secondary objectives such as identification of the farmers' socioeconomic characteristics and its relation to some of the study variables, their attitude towards the negative effects of pesticides on the environment, their knowledge level about pesticides effect and their sources of information about pesticides use, storage and disposal. The study covered valleys areas, and some 98 farmers were included as stratified random sample. The results revealed that the 5% farmers do not rely on agricultural extension but they seek information from other trustworthy sources. The farmers have a positive attitude towards learning about the negative effects of the pesticides on the environment. The study also showed that the most common method of pesticides application is spraying using axi-sprayers or portab
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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