A study that aimed at exploring the responsibility of pesticide retailers in the misuse of pesticides among farmers, an issue according to the authors not well documented and blame usually directed at farmers rather than the misinformation retailers provide.
Title
Pesticide misuse among small Andean farmers stems from pervasive misinformation by retailers
Summary
َAuthor
Struelens, Quentin François ; Rivera, Marco ; Alem Zabalaga, Mariana ; Ccanto, Raúl ; Quispe Tarqui, Reinaldo ; Mina, Diego ; Carpio, Carlos ; Yumbla Mantilla, María Rosa ; Osorio, Mélany ; Roman, Soraya ; Muñoz, Diego ; Dangles, Olivier; Kumar, Ashwan
Year
2022
َThematic Area
Agri-Food
Topic
Pesticides and Misinformation
Country
Peru,Bolivia,Ecuador
Region
South America
Misinformation Combatting
Misinformation Source
Place Published
SAN FRANCISCO
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Journal
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000017
URL
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000017
APA 7th End Text Citation
Struelens, Q. F., Rivera, M., Alem Zabalaga, M., Ccanto, R., Quispe Tarqui, R., Mina, D., Carpio, C., Yumbla Mantilla, M. R., Osorio, M., Roman, S., Muñoz, D., & Dangles, O. (2022). Pesticide misuse among small Andean farmers stems from pervasive misinformation by retailers. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 1(6), e0000017–. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000017