Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Health
No. 1 (2017)

FARMER EMPOWERMENT IN REDUCING EXPOSURE AND RESIDUAL PESTICIDES IN VEGETABLES: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY AT KUTAI KARTANEGARA DISTRICT, INDONESIA

Ryan Ningsih (Doctoral Public Health Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia)
Ratih Wirapuspita (Department of Nutrition School of Public Health, Mulawarman University)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Feb 2017

Abstract

Background: Based on the success of a pesticide in to overcome the problem of pest attacks, more farmers tend to use pesticide in higherdoze. Aims: The purpose of this research is to identify problems and looking for cause a problem so that obtained alternative problem handling food safety in products of vegetable planted farmers. Methods: An observational study with cross sectional design. The total sample of 25 farmers with non-random sampling technique that is total population. Analysis of the data used univariate and bivariate analysis using Spearman correlation test and continued with a linear regression test Results: All respondents in plant vegetable use pesticides.A kind of pesticides most commonly used is the type a fungicide.Doses pesticides used use a unit of cover pesticide per tank. one cropping the average 14 times at least 4 times and most widely 34 cases direction spraying done farmers most 96 % in line with the direction of the wind nutritional status of respondents most normal 64 % knowledge was 76 % knowledgeable either by rerata 90,72 attitude respondents 52 % be negative and rerata a score 84,24 .The majority of respondents in spraying 96 % used apersonal protective equipment ( PPE ) . PPE who rarely used the eyes of glass and a mitt tangan.seluruh respondents have not yet undergone poisoning pesticide because the an enzyme cholinestrase 87.5 - 100 % in the category of normal and 8 % of respondents decreasing levels of an enzyme of cholinesterase be 87.5 %. Conclusion: There was the influenced of knowledge of respondents to a decrease in levels of enzymes cholinestrase. Need to be conducted socialization / pesticide management training good and true should socialization and assistance to farmers on management of the purchase of pesticides, pengaplikasian , storage and disposal need to be managed and in continuousobservation .

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icash

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Education Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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