Browsing Faculty of Applied Science by Subject "Farmers"

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Awareness of Banned Pesticide usage among Vegetable Grower’s and Health impacts in the Vavuniya District

Vijitharan, S.; Loganathan, P. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka., 15-10-15)

Pesticides kill or deter the destructive activity of the target organism and they posses’ inherent toxicities that endanger the health of the farmers, consumers and the environment. The objectives of this study were to ...
Vegetable Growers Perception of Pesticide Use Practices and Health Effects in the Vavuniya District

Vijitharan, S.; Loganathan, P. (IDOSI Publications, 15-07-15)

As in developing countries like Sri Lanka, the application of pesticides is often not very precise and unintended exposures occur to other organisms in the general area where pesticides are applied. The objectives of this ...

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