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Case Studies | Agriculture | Albania | Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023 | Rating: 5.3 / 10

Farmers' Attitude, Knowledge, and Awareness of the Risk from Plant Protection Products (PPP) Use: A Case Study in Semani River Catchment, Albania

Oljam Dervishi | Ervi Kosta | Ferdi Brahushi

Abstract: Plant Protection Products have become essential for ensuring food security, but more production endangering the health of farmers, and food safety and may cause environmental pollution. In some countries, the reports on the process of decision-making of farmers in choosing and applying PPPs are often insufficient. A survey of farmers was conducted in the Semani catchment in Albania to explore the level of knowledge and risk awareness on PPPs use along with analyzing the factors that affect certain levels of farmers? behaviors by using multinomial logistic regression. Regarding farmers' knowledge (before PPP application), it was found that more than half of the respondents (57%) have a medium level of knowledge, 66% of them were moderately aware of health risks and 75% of the farmers had a moderate level of awareness about environmental impacts of PPPs. Based on the results of the applied model, a statistically significant relationship between the dependent variable (farmer attitudes) and the independent variable (education* years of experience) was observed. Therefore, developing awareness-raising programs toward PPPs use is highly recommended.

Keywords: Agriculture, Plant Protection Products (PPPs), food safety, pesticide risk, level of knowledge, multinomial logistic regression and farmers behaviors

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023,

Pages: 472 - 479