The role of agricultural extension in educating vegetable farmers about the safe use of pesticides in Halfa Elgadida Area –Kassala State –Sudan

Elkarim, Bashir Osman Awad; Elagab, Mutasim Ali Mohamed; Mohammed, Khattab Abdullah

doi:10.58928/ku25.16227

	The role of agricultural extension in educating vegetable farmers about the safe use of pesticides in Halfa Elgadida Area –Kassala State –Sudan
Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)
Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025, Pages 233-239 PDF (500.99 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.58928/ku25.16227
Authors
Bashir Osman Awad Elkarim¹; Mutasim Ali Mohamed Elagab²; Khattab Abdullah Mohammed^* ³
¹Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Kassala uni.,Sudan.
²Department of Agricultural Extension and Training - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Elgezira, Sudan
³Horticulture department / Agriculture college/kirkuk university
Abstract
This study was conducted in Halfa Elgadida area, Kasala State, Eastern Sudan, it was aimed to evaluate how vegetable farmers use pesticides. Population of the study was constituted of (241) vegetables A random sample of 60 farmers representing 25% of the population from the three vegetables growing areas. Data was collected by using questionnaire form through field interviews. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study show that; (45%) of the respondents have 5-10 experience farming years, (86.7%) of the respondents are under 45 years old, and (50%) have a primary school certificate and are illiterate. (55%) not use protective cover during spraying, (48.4%) used Knapsack spryer, (51.7%) from respondents spraying in the morning, (53.3%) storage pesticides inside their house, only (20%) of the farmers included in the study store pesticides in safe places. (45%) non-observance of waiting period. It also turns out that morning is the preferred time for farmers to control pests, Television and radio ranked first among the sources of information from which farmers obtain agricultural information. The study concluded that the absence of agricultural extension in training farmers about safety used of pesticides. The study recommends organizing training programs to improve farmers' knowledge. to handling, mixing, storage, safety use, effective and responsible extension role to improve farmer awareness against pesticides application and its hazards to human and environment, mass media channel should be involved in giving different programs related to safe usage of pesticides. People handling pesticides must be trained and licensed to handle them, and manufacturers must affix instructional labels to their containers.
Keywords
Human poisoning; Pest control; Pesticides; Safety use; Vegetable; waiting period

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