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Pesticides and Health in Vegetable Production in Kenya

Macharia, Ibrahim (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)

The health effects of pesticide use have become one of the major public health problems worldwide. In developing countries, frequent exposure to pesticides by farmers and farm workers is very common [1–3]. The frequent ...

Impact Assessment of Push-Pull Pest Management on Incomes, Productivity and Poverty among Smallholder Households in Eastern Uganda

Chepchirchir, Ruth T.; Macharia, Ibrahim; Murage, Alice W.; Midega, Charles A. O.; Khan, Zeyaur R. (Springer, 2017-10-09)

The paper evaluates the impact of adoption of pushpull technology (PPT) on household welfare in terms of productivity, incomes and poverty status measured through percapita food consumption in eastern Uganda. Push-pull is ...