The level of commitment to pesticide use, as deduced from the survey questions presented to respondents, was higher on non-FA farms than on FA farms and generally higher amongst farm workers than amongst farm owners within each farm type. A high level of commitment to pesticide use is a common response in many developing countries. What appears to be a novel finding in the current survey is the role of the Farmers' Association in ameliorating the perception of pesticides as a panacea in crop protection. Even though there were age differences between the respondents groups, age perse appeared to have no effect on response. Similarly, although education level differences were present between the respondent groups, education level appeared only weakly to affect response and then only for the FA farm worker and non-FA farm worker groups. Previous studies, for example in China, have found that members of cooperatives were younger and more willing to accept new crop production styles, although changes in behavior towards pesticide use was not explicitly investigated. In Oman, age apparently had no effect on commitment to pesticide use, although it remains unclear whether membership of the association has modified behaviour or merely that membership is more appealing to younger farmers who are likely to be better educated and more aware of the risks associated with pesticide use.