Vegetables are very important crop and are vulnerable to a number of overwhelming pests. Pesticides are
considered a vital component of modern farming and playing a major role for the control of pests in maintaining
high agricultural productivity. Pesticides sprayed on vegetables do not stay on the targeted area. Pesticides are
toxin. However, concerns about human health and environmental effects of pesticides have increased over the
past several years. High number of human’s pesticides poisoning are happening in Pakistan. Effective use of
pesticide is generally influenced by knowledge possessed by the vegetable growers. The study was conducted to
evaluate the knowledge level of vegetable growers and determining their training needs regarding safe pest
management in two potato growing districts of Punjab. The data were collected from randomly selected 367
vegetable growers proportionately chosen from randomly selected two tehsils of the selected districts. This study
concludes that the growers need training for pest management on priority basis regarding the areas; pest
identification (mean = 1.45); pest control (mean = 1.46); and pesticides (mean =1.59) respectively.
Ajaz Akhtar, Munir Ahmad, Tanvir Ali, Muhammad Iqbal Zafar, Ahmad Shafi. (2007) Training Needs Of Vegetable Growers Regarding Pest Management For Sustainable Environment Health In The Punjab, Pakistan, , Volume-44, Issue-4.
