MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE USE ON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION:

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6th SITE Research Seminar, 13-14 September 2001
Paper 10 : Management Of Pesticide Use On Vegetable Production:
Role of department of agriculture sabah

MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE USE ON VEGETABLE PRODUCTION:
ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SABAH

Jinius Jipanin*, Alinah Abd. Rahman*, Jackson R. Jaimi**, P.K. Phua***
* RO -Agriculture Research Centre Tuaran
** SMO -Unit Khas Pengembangan Tuaran
*** Assistant Director Research – DOA Headquarters


ABSTRACT
The Sabah vegetable production industry is dominated (80%) by small farms (< 2 acres) with two categories of vegetables, namely lowland and highland types. Vegetable farming have previously expanded steadily but took a dive last year, with estimated area in 1990 (3,311 ha), 1996 (4,278 ha) and 1999 (4003 ha) but down 2,012 ha for year 2000. The main vegetable growing areas are within the West Coast and Interior divisions with Kundasang accounting for about 45 % of the total area. So far a total of 870 farmers have registered with the Department. There are more than 10 types of leafy vegetables and 9 types of fruit vegetables grown in the lowland and not less than 20 types of temperate vegetables. The volume and values of Sabah selected vegetable export from 1997 to 2000 is highlighted. The cultivation practices currently adopted by local farmers are described as small-scale mixed farming system and larger commercial-scale system. In pest management the farmers are highly dependent and rampantly using pesticides to check pests and diseases. Type of pesticides and application methods; the major pests and diseases are all identified and listed. Department of Agriculture Sabah has monitored the level of pesticide residues in vegetables in general sampling and special sampling programmes are tabulated and discussed. Pesticide residues in vegetables is detected and factors on why it occurred has been postulated while various measures to address it undertaken by DOA Sabah is shown. Issues on persistent occurrence of contamination have been identified and a list of recommendation on further approach is proposed.


Key words: Vegetable production; vegetable pest & disease; pesticide residue monitoring; management strategy.