Market gardening and pollution

Market gardening is an activity with great economic and food potential, and its use in large African cities is growing. However, the sector is facing strong pest pressure, forcing producers to resort to pesticides whose health and environmental effects are no longer in question. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to December 2017 among 88 market gardeners in Boulmiougou, Tanghin, Wayalghin and Koubri. It enabled the types of pesticides used by market gardeners to be identified, their level of knowledge about pesticides to be ascertained through the mode of use and the mode of management of empty pesticide packaging, and the potential for water pollution by pesticides used in market gardening to be assessed.