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Pesticide use by vegetable farmers: case study in a multiple cropping system in Sri Lanka [1]

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Pest and pest management by vegetable growers were evaluated by interviewing and close monitoring of randomly selected 204 farmers over a period of one and half years.  Two villages selected namely Kolabissa and Marassana located about 45 km from Peradeniya, practiced intensive mixed cropping of vegetables,  Study showd that 95.6% of the farmers were literate.  Many of the farmer

Publication Date: 
01/01/1989
Bandara JM [2], J Jayathilake [3]
FAO Quarterly Newsletter [4]
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Pesticide Use [5], Vegetables [6], Farmers [7], Sri Lanka [8], Agriculture [9], Pesticides And Toxins [10]
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