Diagnóstico del uso de plaguicidas químicos en el cultivo de mora (Rubus glaucus Benth), en el cantón Tisaleo provincia de Tungurahua, su relación con el medio ambiente y la salud humana

Abstract

For farmers, it is essential to use pesticides that include insecticides, fungicides, acaricides, nematicides that serve to eliminate pests and diseases that affect the yield of the blackberry cultivation it is essential since without them they fear having great economic losses, herbicides are also known as pesticides and are used to remove weeds. Farmers are known to make applications of the above products with varying frequency that depends either on economic or technical aspects based on the counseling provided by an agricultural engineer, hence the need to seek information on the connection that these practices have on the environment and human health, for which a descriptive and explanatory investigation was followed through surveys that were carried out on farmers dedicated to the cultivation of blackberries from Santa. Lucia Center, San Francisco, San Luis and San Diego, hamlets belonging to the Tisaleo canton province of Tungurahua. The survey covers important topics that provide the necessary information to understand the management given to the blackberry cultivation and especially before the buy and storage, knowledge about the application and contamination of chemical pesticides as well as the symptoms. The survey covers important topics that provide the necessary information to understand the management given to the blackberry cultivation and especially before the purchase and storage, knowledge about the application and contamination of chemical pesticides as well as the symptoms. It can be evidence that there is a certain lack of knowledge regarding the care and protection that they must have to use this type of chemical products, which have a toxicological category and information on the care that must be taken when handling them, all this data is found on the labels that are not read by some of the respondents, in addition, the way in which the products are disposed of is inadequate, among other aspects, this is due to the lack of updated information and that the training is not they are frequent or scarce, it is proposed to implement the use of organic pesticides that go hand in hand with chemicals to contribute to good phytosanitary control practices and reduce in a certain way the excessive use of chemical products.