Assessment of knowledge and patterns of weedicide and personal protective equipment usage among farmers in some cocoa farming communities in Ghana
The inability of farmers to adhere to the precise usage pattern of weedicides and personal protective equipment (PPE) in cocoa cultivation has been a challenge to cocoa production, the environment and human health. We conducted a study to determine the usage pattern of weedicides and PPE in some coc...
Main Authors: | Kwame Owusu Ansah, Kwadwo Gyasi Santo, Remember Roger Adjei, Bismark Ofosu-Bamfo, Patrick Addo-Fordjour, Daniel Obeng-Ofori |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Agriculture and Food Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154323001485 |
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