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Field Evaluation of the Possible Impact of Some Pesticides on the Soil and Water Environment in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. Y. Sangodoyin
A. Y. Sangodoyin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Summary

A study conducted at Ibadan, Nigeria, showed that some community water supplies were slightly polluted by the pesticides applied on adjacent farms. There was also evidence of soil degradation as a result of agrochemical use, with differences in the physico-chemical properties of soils in fields where agrochemicals had been applied and in adjacent fields that had not been cultivated. Measures that can be taken to minimize some of the environmental dangers inherent in the application of agrochemicals are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 227 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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