Strategies to reduce pesticide residues in food: Remarks on pesticide food poisoning scenarios in Nigeria (1958-2018)
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Published:2022
Issue:2
Volume:67
Page:105-125
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ISSN:1450-8109
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Container-title:Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Belgrade
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J AGR SCI BELGRADE
Author:
Omoyajowo Koleayo1, Adesuyi Adeola2, Omoyajowo Kolawole3, Odipe Oluwaseun4, Ogunyebi Lanrewaju5
Affiliation:
1. Department of Science Policy and Innovation Studies, National Centre for Technology Management, Victoria Island, Lagos + Cell Biology and Genetics Department, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos 2. Cell Biology and Genetics Department, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos + Department of Environment Monitoring, Environmental Resources Managers Limited, Lekki, Lagos 3. Faculty of Law, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti 4. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Health, Allied and Environmental Science, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State 5. Cell Biology and Genetics Department, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos
Abstract
Food insecurity across the globe, particularly in developing countries such
as Nigeria, portends deleterious health challenges owing to various
environmental contaminants, including the incursion of pesticides into the
biosphere and the consequential retention of pesticide residues in food
composition. This study provides a depth of insights into a comprehensive
analysis on how the indiscriminate applications of pesticides have distorted
both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, altered the food chain and
occasioned the appalling incidence of food poisoning. Available data from
1958 to 2018 on pesticide food poisoning scenarios in Nigeria were
collected, collated and critically evaluated. The findings of this
analytical study, which is navigated through a thorough content and
discourse analysis of reliable information, unveiled the various channels
through which pesticide residues had penetrated into the food chain and its
hazardous implications on the plants, animals and humans being at the
receiving ebb of the food chain. In addressing this dilemma, the authors
suggested a seam of inter-connected critical and strategic tactical
approaches to reduce pesticide poisoning, which, if adopted by the Nigerian
government and that of other developing countries, will effectively combat
the pervasiveness of this threat to food security.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Plant Science,Soil Science,Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology
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