The region of Berkane in Oriental Morocco is
well known for his high agricultural activity;
indeed this implies the use of pesticides. But
pesticides have harmful effects; they can cause
injury to human health as well as to the
environment. The range of these adverse health
effects includes acute and persistent injury to
the nervous system, lung damage, injury to the
reproductive organs, and dysfunction of the
immune and endocrine systems, birth defects, and
cancer. The present article was a field
investigation near the pesticides society on
pesticides used in the area of study in term of
quantity and chemical families used and their
toxicity, we also assess the ratio of use in the
area of study (7 kg/ha). Indeed the
Organochlorines (OC) and the Organophosphates
(OP) are the most used, and also the most toxic
for human health and persistent in the
environment. The application rate per hectare in
the area of study (7 kg/ha) is less than the
national ratio of use (8.3 kg/ha); we also found
that some forbidden pesticides (Dicofol) in
developed countries were still used in Morocco.
Key word:
Pesticides, application rate, toxicity.
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Cite this article as:
Benaboud J, Oujidi J, Elachouri M, Chafi A (2014). Pesticides used by Moroccan‘s
farmer in oriental Morocco: Case of Berkane region. Acad. J. Environ. Sci. 2(4):
052-058.
