Karasmanaki E., Dimopoulou P., Vryzas Z., Karipidis P., Tsantopoulos G. (2021). Is the environmental behavior of farmers affecting their pesticide practices? A case study from Greece. Sustainability, 01/02/2021, vol. 13, n. 3, p. 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031452
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031452
Titre : | Is the environmental behavior of farmers affecting their pesticide practices? A case study from Greece (2021) |
Auteurs : | E. Karasmanaki ; P. Dimopoulou ; Z. Vryzas ; P. Karipidis ; G. Tsantopoulos |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Sustainability (vol. 13, n. 3, February 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-15 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.6 - Technique Agricole (sols, engrais, mécanisation)Thésaurus IAMM PESTICIDE ; COMPORTEMENT DES AGRICULTEURS ; PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; DURABILITE ; PREVENTION ; PRATIQUE AGRICOLE ; IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ; PRODUIT CHIMIQUE ; PULVERISATION ; UNION EUROPEENNE ; GRECE |
Résumé : | Policymakers often assume that farmers with pro-environmental behavior are more likely to follow proper pesticide practices and thus, in order to improve the safety of their pesticide practices, they implement strategies and programs designed to raise environmental awareness among the general public. The aim of this paper is to examine whether pro-environmental behavior can instigate proper pesticide practices among farmers. According to our results, farmers environmental behavior does not affect their pesticide practices and thus strategies aiming at raising environmental awareness among the general public would not prompt them to follow proper pesticide practices. In addition, the respondents reported following overall proper practices such as wearing masks and appropriate clothes during sprayings as well as rinsing the empty containers by performing the triple-rinse method. However, they did not wear gloves during applications, and many disposed the remaining pesticide concentrate to non-arable land. To conclude, in order to improve farmers pesticide practices, strategies and programs specifically designed for farmers must be developed because those addressed to the general public would not be effective. Moreover, certain improper practices found in this study ought to be addressed by policymakers and actors involved in the agricultural sector. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031452 |