Compendium of Pesticide Hotspots in Bangladesh

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Compendium of Pesticide Hotspots in Bangladesh

• Craig Meisner
• Development Economics Research Group
• The World Bank

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Study description

• Purpose To estimate and target pesticide use
  hotspots for major crops in Bangladesh.
• Method Combines a recent farm-level pesticide
  use survey by the World Bank (2003) and
  agricultural production data from the Government
  of Bangladesh Agricultural Census (2001).
• Impact Allows decision-makers to better target
  areas for intervention (e.g. pesticide
  restrictions, awareness programs, IPM, etc.)

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Data and location

• World Bank survey coverage 1072 farmers in 11
  districts, producing at least the major crops of
  bananas, beans, cabbage, eggplant, mango, potato,
  rice and sugarcane.
• Agricultural Census 2001 coverage District crop
  production in 1994-1995 and 1999-2000 for the
  above crops and all 23 districts in Bangladesh.

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Methodology
Crop Production Data Agricultural Census, 1994
1999 (8 major crops in 23 districts)
World Bank survey, 2003 (1072 farmers in 11
districts)
Pesticide Use Intensities - by crop, area,
chemical class, etc.
Projection to Other Areas - calculation of total
pesticide use per selected crop and area
Note For a detailed explanation of the
methodology, please refer to the learning module,
Methodology for Identifying Pesticide Hotspots
The case of Bangladesh (Meisner and Dasgupta,
2004).
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Pesticide use trends, 1994-2000
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Accounting for pesticide toxicity
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Insecticides, Herbicides and Fungicides
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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WHO Ia Ib pesticide use
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Pesticide use by chemical class carbamates,
organochlorines and organophosphates
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Prevalence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Pesticide use by chemical class and POPs
Note Pesticide use for bananas, beans, cabbage,
eggplant, mango, potato, rice and sugarcane only.
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Pesticide use in rice production
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Pesticide use in potato production
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Pesticide use in bean production
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Pesticide use in cabbage production
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Pesticide use in eggplant production
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Pesticide use in sugarcane production
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Pesticide use in banana production
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Pesticide use in mango production