Pesticides used by Moroccan‘s farmer in oriental Morocco: Case of Berkane region

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.