在乌干达,消费者对受农药污染的西红的风险感知
Daniel Sekabojja1, Aggrey Atuhaire1, Victoria Nabankema1
1Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), Kampala, Uganda.
PloS one
|December 15, 2023
概括
乌干达的消费者对受农药污染的西红的风险感知很低,因为缺乏替代品而购买它们. 建议推广有机厨房花园,以减少农药残留的暴露.
科学领域:
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 消费者行为 消费者行为
背景情况:
- 在乌干达番茄种植中,农药的应用往往超过了最大残留量限制 (MRL).
- 这给消费者带来了大量的农药残留暴露风险.
- 了解消费者的态度和看法对于干预开发至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定消费者对乌干达农药染色番茄的态度和风险感知.
- 确定影响消费者购买农药处理番茄的决定的因素.
- 为减少在食品中的农药残留物暴露的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项混合方法的横截面研究,涉及乌干达四个地区的468个家庭消费者.
- 数据收集包括家庭采访和聚焦小组讨论 (FGD) 与番茄处理者.
- 使用Stata分析的定量数据;使用主题内容分析分析的定性数据.
主要成果:
- 54.2%的受访者是女性,平均年龄为37岁.
- 只有5.0%的人表示他们认为有高风险,而95.0%的人购买了有农药污染的西红.
- 缺乏替代品 (59.0%) 是购买的主要原因,尽管对安全的负面态度.
结论:
- 消费者对受农药污染的番茄的风险感知较低,优先考虑可用性而不是潜在的健康风险.
- 建议推广以家庭为基础的有机厨房花园,以提供替代方案.
- 国家农药残留物监测中心仍在等待建立.
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