The most common pesticides used were organophosphates and carbamates such as chlorpyrifos, profenofos, metamidofos, fenobucarb, carbosulfan etc.
The farmers who participated in the survey said that they mixed more than one kind of hazardous pesticides.
The average (±SD) year of using pesticides was 18.64 (±11.58).
The average working hours were about 5.1 hours per day and the average of cultivation area was 30.74 (±19.81) rais (1 rai = 0.4 acre). 37% of the farmers used the