TY - JOUR
T1 - Users opinion about synthetic, bio- and nano-biopesticides
AU - Sreevidya, S.
AU - Sankarasubramanian, Kirtana
AU - Katre, Yokraj
AU - Yadav, Sushma
AU - Asthana, Anupama
AU - Singh, Ajaya Kumar
AU - Alexis, Frank
AU - Carabineiro, Sónia A. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F50006%2F2020/PT#
As authors, we would like to convey our sincere thanks to Department of Chemistry, Govt. V.Y.T. PG. Autonomous College, Durg, for their valuable technical support given in this project. We would like to express our earnest thanks Dr. Poonrathi (Chief Medical Officer in charge - Kodai Govt. Hospital), Dr. Tamilselvan (Junior doctor- Krishnagiri Govt. Medical Health Unit), Ms. N.V. Ratana (Department of Agriculture – Telangana), Dr. Thirupurasundari (Dietician – USA), Ms. Tan (Organic Activist – KL), and Ms. Krithika Lakshmi (HR – Advisor, KL) for their valuable comments, timely advice, and suggestions. We also would like to thank all participants for devoting their precious time by helping us in this survey. We would like to share our humble gratitude to Dr. R. Senthil Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Madras Christian College (Autonomous), Chennai, for his timely help and advice for statistical evaluation.
SACC is grateful to Fundaç ão para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal for Scientific Employment Stimulus-Institutional Call (CEEC-INST/00102/2018) and to the Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry - LAQV financed by national funds from FCT/MCTES (UIDP/5006/2020). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board (or Ethics Committee) of Govt. V. Y. T. PG Autonomous College, Durg (protocol code IEC/GVYTPGACI 19 /DURG. Date- 30/10/2021) for studies involving humans. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - With a growing global population, the demand for food, clothing and shelter became crucial for sustaining life. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic/endemic, along with the threat of other endemics, posed significant challenges in ensuring the delivery of nutritionally rich food. To address this, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the ban of some highly toxic chemical pesticides. Excessive consumption and exposure to pesticides possibly contributed to a decline in the human immunity levels making our fight against the pandemics more difficult and challenging. During the lockdown COVID-19 crisis, we conducted a survey to gather insights from farm landers (FLs), garden lovers (GLs), domestic front users (DFUs) predominantly from India, but also from other regions worldwide. The survey aimed at better understanding the usage of pesticides, both chemicals (CPs), bio-pesticides (BPs) or both, and their global utilization. A statistical survey with seven rudimentary sections was designed to receive the inputs (elementary inputs, awareness and perception, pesticide utility, health, ecology, and alternatives for safer trials) with fairness and care. The data was statistically analyzed within each group of population, revealing significant variations within the groups. Our study indicated that FLs (44.7 %) predominantly used BPs, GLs (18.8 %) relied on CPs, while DFUs (100.0 %) used a combination of both without any specific intention. Correlation analysis, given by R (correlation coefficient) and p (probability of obtaining an equal or more extreme effect than the found considering the null hypothesis as true) values revealed the existence of a positive and significant relationship between the selected variables, such as level of education (LOE) and gender, with the adoption of new alternatives (2loglikelihood = 64.743, with χ2 = 128.4, degrees of freedom (df) = 24, p<*0.05, **0.01, and *** 0.001) through multinomial regression analysis, indicating the fitness of the model. Likewise, our study primarily focused on exploring the insights for the development of nano-biopesticides, as improved alternatives to the existing solutions.
AB - With a growing global population, the demand for food, clothing and shelter became crucial for sustaining life. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic/endemic, along with the threat of other endemics, posed significant challenges in ensuring the delivery of nutritionally rich food. To address this, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the ban of some highly toxic chemical pesticides. Excessive consumption and exposure to pesticides possibly contributed to a decline in the human immunity levels making our fight against the pandemics more difficult and challenging. During the lockdown COVID-19 crisis, we conducted a survey to gather insights from farm landers (FLs), garden lovers (GLs), domestic front users (DFUs) predominantly from India, but also from other regions worldwide. The survey aimed at better understanding the usage of pesticides, both chemicals (CPs), bio-pesticides (BPs) or both, and their global utilization. A statistical survey with seven rudimentary sections was designed to receive the inputs (elementary inputs, awareness and perception, pesticide utility, health, ecology, and alternatives for safer trials) with fairness and care. The data was statistically analyzed within each group of population, revealing significant variations within the groups. Our study indicated that FLs (44.7 %) predominantly used BPs, GLs (18.8 %) relied on CPs, while DFUs (100.0 %) used a combination of both without any specific intention. Correlation analysis, given by R (correlation coefficient) and p (probability of obtaining an equal or more extreme effect than the found considering the null hypothesis as true) values revealed the existence of a positive and significant relationship between the selected variables, such as level of education (LOE) and gender, with the adoption of new alternatives (2loglikelihood = 64.743, with χ2 = 128.4, degrees of freedom (df) = 24, p<*0.05, **0.01, and *** 0.001) through multinomial regression analysis, indicating the fitness of the model. Likewise, our study primarily focused on exploring the insights for the development of nano-biopesticides, as improved alternatives to the existing solutions.
KW - Alternative
KW - Awareness
KW - Eco-system
KW - Health
KW - Perception
KW - Practice
KW - Recommendations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173013241&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.napere.2023.100058
DO - 10.1016/j.napere.2023.100058
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85173013241
SN - 2773-0786
VL - 6
JO - Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
JF - Journal of Natural Pesticide Research
M1 - 100058
ER -