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Knowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions
Pesticides are widely used in Ghana, especially in cocoa farming. However, the practice is suboptimal and unsupervised. Incorrect use of these chemicals can seriously harm human health, the environment, and economies that rely on these farmers' output. The study assessed cocoa farmers' pes...
Autores principales: | Boateng, Kwame Osei, Dankyi, Enock, Amponsah, Isaac Kingsley, Awudzi, Godfred Kweku, Amponsah, Emmanuel, Darko, Godfred |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792701/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36583134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.12.008 |
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