农药行动网络委托开展的研究表明，全球每年约有4.02-4.33亿农民和农场工人因农药中毒1。这一数字约占全球9.34亿农民人口的46%1。该研究基于2006-2023年的公开数据，已于本周发表在《前沿公共卫生》期刊上1。
研究估算每年约有11000人因农药中毒身亡，其中近60%的死亡案例发生在印度1。布基纳法索的农药中毒发生率最高，近84%的农民和农场工人受到影响1。与此同时，全球农药使用量持续上升，2023年达到380万吨，较1990年翻倍1。
农药行动网络印度执行主任杰亚库玛尔·切拉通指出，这项研究暴露了一场"不能再被忽视的危机"1。该组织英国国际项目主任希拉·威利斯表示，"现在苦难的规模已经被揭示，农民必须得到支持以获得更安全的替代品"1。研究呼吁立即采取行动，包括实施联合国建议逐步淘汰高危害农药1。
A research study commissioned by the Pesticide Action Network has revealed that between 402 and 433 million farmers and farm workers globally experience pesticide poisoning each year 1. Based on publicly available data spanning 2006 to 2023, this figure represents approximately 46 percent of the world's 934 million-strong farming population 1. The research, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, estimates that roughly 11,000 people die annually from pesticide poisoning, with nearly 60 percent of these deaths occurring in India 1.
The scale of the crisis extends across multiple regions, with Burkina Faso experiencing the highest incidence rate, affecting nearly 84 percent of its farmers and farm workers 1. Meanwhile, global pesticide usage has doubled since 1990, reaching 3.8 million tons in 2023 1. Jayakumar Chelaton, India's executive director for the Pesticide Action Network, characterized the findings as exposing a "crisis that can no longer be ignored" 1. The organization is calling for immediate action, including the phased elimination of highly hazardous pesticides as recommended by the United Nations 1. Sheila Willis, the international programs director for the Pesticide Action Network in the United Kingdom, emphasized that "now the scale of suffering has been revealed, farmers must be supported to access safer alternatives" 1.
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