Farmers’ Awareness of Pesticide Use: Role of Public Library and Other Information Sources

IF 1.4 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Public Library Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-11-11 DOI:10.1080/01616846.2022.2143159

Rita Ghosh, Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper highlights the source, resources, and information services for rural farmers’ communities to fulfill their information needs regarding chemical pesticides use. The main objective of this study is to determine the awareness and knowledge of farmers regarding pesticide use and its effect on their social life, society, and environment. The study also identifies their knowledge level about the source of information regarding pesticide use, storage, and disposal of pesticide containers. It highlights the farmers’ behaviors’, attitudes, and protective measures taken toward the negative effect of chemical pesticides on the environment. In this study, 110 farmer families have been randomly selected, 10 families each from 11 villages’ total of 110 families and also studied 7 public libraries and their resources and services to the farmers to help the collection of information regarding pesticide use from Narayangarh block of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal for sample study.

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农民的农药使用意识：公共图书馆和其他信息来源的作用

摘要:本文重点介绍了农村农民社区化学农药使用信息的来源、资源和信息服务。本研究的主要目的是确定农民对农药使用及其对其社会生活、社会和环境的影响的认识和知识。该研究还确定了他们对农药使用、储存和处置农药容器的信息来源的了解程度。它突出了农民对化学农药对环境的负面影响所采取的行为、态度和保护措施。在本研究中，从11个村庄共110个家庭中随机抽取110个农民家庭，每个家庭10个，并研究了西孟加拉邦Paschim Medinipur区Narayangarh街区7个公共图书馆及其资源和服务，以帮助农民收集农药使用信息进行样本研究。

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Public Library Quarterly INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

21.10%

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期刊介绍： Public Libraries Quarterly is addressed to leaders-directors, managers, staff, trustees, and friends-who believe that change is imperative if public libraries are to fulfill their service missions in the twenty-first century. In PLQ, directors and operating officers tell how they accomplished change. The journal examines: •best practices and models to improve service •management case studies-with results and failures •library mythologies that retard individual and institutional development •studies of how to plan results and accomplish desired outcomes •marketing and fund-raising tools that work •budget and financial analysis tools and tips