Impact on pesticide retailers

Impact On Pesticide Retailer

In total 24 pesticide retailers were trained and after the training, change in knowledge regarding the pesticide use and its proper application increased by 27%. They started to recommend the use of traps, safe label pesticides to the farmers. Retailers themselves started to use mask and gloves while staying in retailer shop.

Change in knowledge of Retailers

Pre-Test 51.5%

Post-Test 68.8%

IMPACT ON PESTICIDE SPRAY WORKERS

Case Story

Mrs. Tara Bartaula and Mr. Hari P Bartaula run a Agro-vet outlet in Bhandara, Rapti municipality. Over the past decade, they have been running agro-vet and used to keep agro pesticides and vet medicines together in the same corner. Of them, Mrs. Tara had received three days IPM training on the pesticide minimization retail selling and since then she used to keep the two commodities in two separate corners.

Mrs. Bartaula told that she used to aware all customers who visited their shop that pesticidesare not medicines, insteadtheyare poisons and that they should use protective measures while spraying pesticides. Bartaula couple not used to use mask and glove while staying in the shop. They also used to awaresprayers about importance of personal protective equipment (PPE).

IMPACT ON SCHOOL TEACHERS