Smallholder vegetable farmers in Northern Tanzania: Pesticides use practices, perceptions, cost and health effects

By A. Ngowi, T. Mbise, A. Ijani, L. London, Olu Ajayi. 2007

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Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): A New Threat to Tomato Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014, background): “Chemical control is the main control strategy implemented by growers to cope with insect pests (Ngowi et al. 2007; Grzywacz et al. 2010).”
Attitudes and behaviours regarding use of crop protection products—A survey of more than 8500 smallholders in 26 countries (2008, unknown): “Ntow et al. (2006) and Dasgupta et al.”
Pesticidal plants in Africa: A global vision of new biological control products from local uses (2017, background): “Applications to a single crop are often excessive (Ngowi et al. 2007), while equipment and practises are typically poor, for instance, equipment is not cleaned properly nor do farmers wear any protective clothing (Matthews et al. 2003).”
Fusarium wilt of banana: biology, epidemiology and management (2015, background): “Aside from the fact that most of these fungicides are non-reliable, they are known to cause some environmental hazards and even harm banana industry workers (Ngowi et al. 2007; Dias 2012).”