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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.
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