Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Pesticides, Health, and Poverty Further Perspectives

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Presentation Overview 1.Challenges in the case study 2.Strong points in the findings 3.Next steps 4.Shaping the recommendations

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives 1.Challenges in the Case Study

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Challenges in the Case Study Study area typified by intensive agricultural systems –Regional behavior study / nationally relevant conclusions Survey covers land owners (decision makers) but not landless (pesticide users?) –It is more difficult to assess health impacts Multi-sectoral agriculture-health study

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives 2. Strong points in the study

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Strong points in the study Poor use less pesticides than the non-poor, but the chemicals are more toxic. Poor are very aware of risks Poor have less access to training –e.g. safe handling of pesticides training; poor 29%, non-poor 34%

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives 3. Next steps

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives Need for more research: –Difficult to establish causality for pesticide-health linkages in water logged environment Next steps Water Environment Health Poverty Pesticides

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives 4. Shaping the recommendations

Pesticides, Health, and Poverty -Further Perspectives How to provide the poor with more practical solutions on safer pesticide use through –Strategic extension messages –Training Shaping the Recommendations