Uganda: Kayunga Farmers Trained On Safe Pesticide Use to Protect Health and Environment

Farmers in Kayunga District have actually been prompted to embrace safe pesticide-handling practices to safeguard their health, secure the environment and enhance farming performance.
The call was made throughout the closing session of a two-day stakeholders’ training at Kayunga District Headquarters in Ntenjeru, where individuals went over the risks of incorrect pesticide usage and methods of promoting accountable handling of farming chemicals.
John Mwanja, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Agrochemicals at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), stated farmers required more assistance on the appropriate usage of pesticides.

He kept in mind that although farming chemicals assist manage bugs and crop illness, their abuse can expose farmers, customers and the broader environment to severe threats.

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Mwanja cautioned that hazardous pesticide handling might result in major health issues, consisting of cancer and other illness, especially where chemicals are utilized without proper protective devices.
He prompted farmers to check out and follow guidelines on pesticide labels, use protective equipment when spraying, observe advised application rates and regard the needed waiting duration before gathering cured crops.
He likewise recommended farmers to prevent forbidden chemicals, shop pesticides securely far from food and water sources, and deal with empty containers properly.

Emmanuel Tebandeke, from Makerere University’s Chemistry Department, stated the effort, moneyed by the Canton of Geneva, would extend sensitisation and training to farmers throughout the nation.

Tebandeke stated the program looks for to promote accountable pesticide usage to enhance crop production and performance while safeguarding farmers’ incomes.
He stated gearing up farmers with useful understanding of safe chemical handling would help in reducing health and ecological dangers and support more sustainable farming practices.
In Kayunga, where numerous families depend upon farming for earnings and food security, such interventions might add to more secure food production, ecological preservation and enhanced home well-being.
Accountable pesticide usage likewise assists secure soil and water sources, along with helpful pests such as bees and other pollinators that are very important for farming production.
The training is anticipated to enhance partnership amongst farming officers, scientists, regional leaders and farmers in promoting much safer farming practices.