Abstract:
The study was the effect of climate change on vegetable farmers in their pest control decisions
(Case study Sierra Leone (Bombali District) and Turkey (Beypazari District). With such the
specific objectives were; to identify the new situation caused by climate change in pest control
activities, to identify the factors affecting farmer decisions making process on pest control, and
also the Perception of vegetable farmers on the causes of climate change in pest control
activities. Purposively the communities were selected and the study research design was
exploratory, focused on exploring the emergence of themes from respondent data, collected and
transcribed via structured interviews. The household head were selected purposively. The study
revealed that (65%) of the total targeted population are male and (35%) are female and also of
the fifty (50) vegetable farmers interviewed in Sierra Leone (Bombali District), (35 %) of the
population does not receive training on pest management and (45 %) of the total population in
Turkey (Beypazari District) received training on pest management from Turkey. The majority of
the vegetable farmers have managed vegetable production for six (6) years now. They have also
practiced crop rotation and intercropping. Most of the vegetable farmers have heard about
climate change and the main source is mass media. (70%) of the farmers interviewed within the
two countries believe climate change is due to human activities.
This study recommends that vegetable farmers in Sierra Leone should receive training on pest
management. In addition, alternative pest control methods should be made available to vegetable
farmers to avoid the negative effects of pesticides. And also collaborative efforts from
stakeholders in Turkey and Sierra Leone to create adequate awareness on the use ofpesticide. |
