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The activities to be pursued in order to achieve the results are listed below: RESULTS 1.1At least 70 % of the vegetable producers and consumers in Monrovia, Policy Makers, Stakeholders, restaurant operators and street vendors made aware of the effects of POPs. Based on the results of the earlier study, the project will conduct series of workshops and meetings with stakeholders on the effects of POPs. The workshop would be organized on three levels. The first would be among the vegetable producers at various locations in Monrovia and Fendall. This will be followed up with a demonstration plot in Fendall to demonstrate the use of Integrated Pest management, IPM in vegetable production. The second level of workshop will be targeted at Policy makers and Stakeholders at county, district and clan levels, line ministries, Academicians, Researchers, the Press and the Parliament on the presence of POPs in vegetable being consumed and the need to formulate policies to regulate the cultivation of vegetables in the country. The third workshop will be targeted at restaurant operators and food vendors in Monrovia. The purpose of the workshop will be to demonstrate the presence and effects of POPs in raw vegetables with the view to encouraging them to patronize organically produced vegetables. Aside from the workshops, the project will institutionalize weekly radio and Television discussions on the effects on POPs with the view to influencing the consumption behavior of people to opt for organically produced vegetables.

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