Table 2 Utilization of different safe storage devices among 368 (phase 1 and phase 2) farming households in Sri Lanka.
Type of device | No. of households with device | No. of households using pesticides at the time of survey | No. of households with locked devices* | No. of households with unlocked devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
After 7 months | After 24 months | After 7 months | After 24 months | After 7 months | After 24 months | ||
Large device made of mango wood | 39 | 32** | 32 | 25** (78%) | 20 (63%) | 7** (22%) | 12 (37%) |
Small device made of mango wood | 100 | 84** | 73 | 70** (83%) | 42 (57%) | 14** (17%) | 31 (43%) |
Device made of pinewood | 56 | 53 | *** | 38 (72%) | *** | 15 (28%) | *** |
Device made of metal | 61 | 56** | 56 | 46** (82%) | 27 (48%) | 10** (18%) | 29 (52%) |
Device made of concrete | 112 | 103 | *** | 68 (66%) | *** | 35 (34%) | *** |