As use of pesticides by African farmers rises, effective strategies are needed, writes Nelson Mandela Ogema.
, pesticides that can protect crops and increase food production are in increasingly high demand.
According to Otaye, the most commonly used pesticides in Sub-Saharan Africa belong to a group of endocrine disruptor compounds and include dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane, known commonly as DDT.challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa," Otaye adds.published last year in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found a link between pesticides use and health problems such as disorders that affect the brain or reproduction.Otaye tells SciDev.
Nokuthula Hlanga, a postdoctoral researcher in crop science at the South Africa-based University of KwaZulu-Natal, tells SciDev.Net that the use of pesticide sprays in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming widespread among commercial farmers, growing conventional crops. Francis Onyekachi Nwankwo, who leads on product stewardship at the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Kenya, says that widespread pesticides use could lead to their ineffectiveness.develop resistance over time, which sufficiently informs why [dosage] recommendations are not followed," he explains.
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