The research reported here has highlighted the importance of understanding farmer uses and indeed views of pesticides in a developing country context. Very little research of this type has been conducted in the Gulf region and indeed in many developing countries.What is clear
from the work is that membership of an FA has some effect in influencing farmers' attitudes and use of pesticide and that an FA can be an effective means of communication and for disseminating information to farmers. Therefore working with Farmers' Associations can help improve pesticide use and practices in Oman. It may be, of course, that farmers who are more disposed towards being careful with pesticides are those more likely to join the FA. Hence the question becomes how can farmers who are not so disposed be encouraged to join an FA. Various incentives may be provided by the government to help encourage this, but in what form these should take and how best they can be applied still requires more work