Farmers' Knowledge of Pesticide Application in Lake Tana Communities

352 small-scale farmers in villages surrounding Lake Tana were surveyed via face-to-face interviews and observations. The data, collected by Balew Yibel Zeleke and last updated in April 2026, reveals that 100% of respondents used pesticides, 42.3% had good knowledge, and 57.1% used banned substances like DDT.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between education level and pesticide application practices based on logistic regression results.
• Analyzing geographic variation in pesticide practices across the four study regimes (Dembia, Fogera, Bahirdar, Gilegel Abay).
• Assessing the prevalence of banned pesticide use based on the reported 57.1% usage rate.
• Evaluating the correlation between knowledge scores (42.3% good) and reported practices (22.4% good).

Strengths

• Includes specific statistical results, such as odds ratios (AOR=2.329) and chi-square test p-values (<0.05).
• Contains concrete prevalence figures for key behaviors: 100% pesticide use, 57.1% banned pesticide use, 39% container repurposing.
• Data collection method is documented as face-to-face interviews and in-situ observations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is 9.5 KB, indicating a very limited scope and likely a small number of variables.

Provenance

Source

Balew Yibel Zeleke via figshare.

Collection Method

Community-based study using a pretested, semi-structured questionnaire for face-to-face interviews and observations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 17:33:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Communities surrounding Lake Tana, Ethiopia, categorized into four regimes (Dembia, Fogera, Bahirdar, Gilegel Abay).