Education to protection for using chemical pesticide of the corn agriculturist at Tambon Khoksrithongtang, Wapipathum district, Mahasarakham province.
Abstract
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the self-protection for using chemical pesticide of the corn agriculturist at Tambon Khoksrithongtang, Wapipathum district, Mahasarakham province. In this study, it’s a survey study by collecting information from the interview through the process of the validity of the content and it’s used to test the reliability. Then it’s used with the sample of 45 corn agriculturists at Tambon Khoksrithongtang, Wapipathum District, Mahasarakham Province. The study indicates that most of the corn agriculturists are male in the percentage of 71.1, followed by the female in the percentage of 28.9. For the age of the corn agriculturist; most of them are in the age of 50-59 years old that is 40.0 percent, followed by the range in age of 60 -69 that is 20.0 percent. The minimum age is 20 years old and the maximum age is 78 years old. The knowledge of the corn agriculturist about chemical disposal plant; it’s found that most agriculturists has knowledge in the high level because most of the sample populations get information about chemical pesticides from TV in the percentage of 57.7. The question that most of the agriculturist can answer is the appropriate time to spray the chemical pesticide is in the morning and evening in the percentage of 97.8. The question that less agriculturist can answer the containers of the chemical pesticide which has been already used should be disposed by burying under the soils in the percentage of 71.1. The self-protection for using the chemical pesticide; the overall practice is good (mean = 1.34, S.D = 0.39). It’s found that the most practice is wearing the clothes after spraying the chemical pesticide and then keeping them with other clothes (mean = 1.53, S.D = 0.50). The agriculturist has self-protection before using the chemical pesticide. The practice is in the moderate level (mean = 1.25, S.D = 0.23). When we consider in each item; we most found about protecting people and domestic animals enter to the nearby place that they spray the pesticide (mean = 1.33, SD = 0.70), The agriculturist has self-protection while they are using the pesticide in the moderate level (mean = 1.22, S.D = 0.23) and it’s most found when they using the pesticide while it has heavy wind (mean=1.44, S.D = 0.50). The agriculturist has self-protection after using the chemical pesticide, the practice is in the moderate level (mean = 1.25, S.D = 0.29). When we consider in each item; it’s found that the most practice is wearing the clothes after spraying the chemical pesticide and then keeping them with other clothes (mean = 1.53, S.D = 0.50). A summary of this study; the corn agriculturist should be trained for using the chemical pesticide continually. There should be the measure for the agriculturist for behavior changing in the use of the chemical in the right way more than the past. There is a campaign for the agriculturist use for self-protection before using the chemical pesticide all the times to build the awareness and to help the agriculturist to see the importance of self-protection. And it also helps the agriculturist to see the penalties and the dangers of using the chemical.
Key words: protection, chemical pesticide
