Effect of Pesticide Usage on Environment, Food Safety and Health of the Maize Farmers in South Western Nigeria.

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Olowoyo Sikiru Olalekan, Abiola Mathew Oladipupo

Keywords: Maize, Pesticide Usage, Health, Food Safety

Abstract Healthy ecosystems are the best way to ensure productive agriculture and nutritious food. The protection of this ecosystem and biodiversity is seriously threatened by the use of pesticides. More than a million people are dying each year as a result of food poisoning and chemical contamination. This study examines the effect of pesticides on the environment, food safety and health of the Maize farmers in South West, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 471 maize farmers used in the study. A combination of descriptive Statistics, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Tobit Regression model were used for the data analysis. The result revealed that majority (66.5%, 75.8%, and 55.2%) of the farmers claimed to have perceived serious effects of pesticides usage on their environment, health and food safety respectively. Some of the effects on the environment include; soil quality reduction (45%) and damages to other crops (52.7%). Prolonged exposure by farmers to pesticides also caused cardiopulmonary disorders such as difficult breathing (49.5%), incessant cough (73%), body pain (75.8%) and haematological symptoms such as skin rashes or skin diseases (61.6%). Also, the residual effects of pesticides usage on food observed by the farmers include; reduced quality of grains (44.8%), reduced shelves life (55.2%), poor taste (51.6%) and alteration of colour after food processing (45.6%). The result also shows that the application rate of pesticides (P<0.10), safety measure P<0.05), Organic Farming Practices (P<0.01), Visitation to Health centre (P<0.01) and Livelihood options (P<0.01) were the factors influencing the effect of pesticides usage in the study area. Therefore, to avert catastrophic damages of pesticides usage, adequate trainings on the best way of using pesticides becomes imperative because farmers who do not know about the harmful effects of pesticides sometimes overvalue their benefits and use them beyond the private and social optimum levels.

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Olowoyo Sikiru Olalekan & Abiola Mathew Oladipupo (January-2023). Effect of Pesticide Usage on Environment, Food Safety and Health of the Maize Farmers in South Western Nigeria.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(1), b763-b772. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2301193.pdf

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Country: Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

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