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<p style="font-size:18px; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';margin-top: 5px;">Components to be included in our educational pamphlet are included below. The subjects or topics listed below were suggested by farmers, NGOs, government officials, safety equipment manufacturers, and researchers. This section is something that is imperative to effective and appropriate future implementation of our hardware and project.</p>
 
<p style="font-size:18px; font-family: 'Josefin Sans';margin-top: 5px;">Components to be included in our educational pamphlet are included below. The subjects or topics listed below were suggested by farmers, NGOs, government officials, safety equipment manufacturers, and researchers. This section is something that is imperative to effective and appropriate future implementation of our hardware and project.</p>
  
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Often when fungicide is used by smaller farmers, other practices confound the impact of fungicide because there is something else hindering growth of the crops.
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Revision as of 02:01, 18 October 2018

Our team worked on developing an educational pamphlet to help curb the negative effects of advocating for the use of pesticides. After meeting with farmers and NGOs we realized that our project could have negative health implications to the environment and the user if they spray pesticides incorrectly or in an unsafe manner. We met with several farmers and NGOs in Uganda and Ethiopia where pesticide application is notoriously poor. They provided suggestions on what to cover in our pamphlet. After talking with Dr. Parikh in the anthropology department at Washington University, we decided that it would be best for local students and community leaders to communicate these important ideas to farmers to improve the pamphlets effectiveness. We also will be presenting our work to several high school students at our alma maters and a middle school in St. Louis through the Studio Tesla program.


Educational Pamphlet on Farming Practices

Components to be included in our educational pamphlet are included below. The subjects or topics listed below were suggested by farmers, NGOs, government officials, safety equipment manufacturers, and researchers. This section is something that is imperative to effective and appropriate future implementation of our hardware and project.

To be included in safety section:

  • Recommended safety equipment
    • Include more specifics based on chemicals and method of application for that area
    • Include other ways to protect farmers when more effective safety equipment is unavailable due to expense or location (cloth over mouth)
  • Hazards of unprotected spraying
    • The potential negative health outcomes should be portrayed in ways that are most impactful to the intended audiences
    • Different safe techniques for...
      • Spraying pesticides
      • Mixing pesticides
      • Storing the chemicals

To be included in farming practices section:

Often when fungicide is used by smaller farmers, other practices confound the impact of fungicide because there is something else hindering growth of the crops.
  • How to seed
  • Detection of pests
    • Individual plants and pests, what to spray/do for each
  • How to best spray
    • Application method
    • Timing