Of the 911 women interviewed, 45.6% (n=415) indicated
that they themselves usually did most of the pesticide
spraying on their farms. The mean number of times that
women sprayed pesticides on each crop over the course
of its cycle ranged from a low of 5.5 (95% CI: 4.9–6.2) for
cabbages to a high of 18.3 (95% CI: 8.6–27.9) for mangoes.
Some women reported spraying their crops as frequently
as twice a week during a single growth cycle. The
mean duration of spraying per crop cycle ranged from
0.7 hours for peppers to 8.9 hours for sugar cane