농약 판매인들의 농약 저항성 관리에 대한 인식조사 = Survey on Pesticide Sellers’ Awareness of Pesticide Resistance Management

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Pesticide sellers are responsible for not only selling pesticides needed by farmers, but also delivering and communicating information about the selection and use of pesticides to farmers. In order to use it as basic data for establishing a pesticide resistance management system, this study investigated the level of awareness of pesticide resistance among pesticide sellers and their awareness of the role of pesticide sellers in managing pesticide resistance. A survey was conducted on 83 dealers who privately sell pesticides nationwide and 39 prescribers in charge of prescribing pesticides at Nonghyup. More than 97% of pesticide sellers had above average knowledge about resistance, and more than 60% of respondents considered the problem of pesticide resistance in the region to be more serious than average. The majority of respondents (54.1%) answered that the cause of the pesticide resistance problem was the repeated use of the same pesticide. Pesticide sellers gave priority to efficacy when recommending pesticides, and accordingly tended to actively consider information on resistance. The majority of opinions were that pesticide sellers were the most suitable agents for managing pesticide resistance. It is believed that it is necessary to establish a system in which information on pesticide resistance is quickly shared by region, and based on this information, it is reflected when prescribing pesticides to farmers and sales of pesticides are made.