Pesticide misuse among small Andean farmers stems from pervasive misinformation by retailers

• Quentin François Struelens ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: quentin.struelens@gmail.com

  Affiliations Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-2988

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• Marco Rivera,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cultivos Andinos, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), Barrio Salache, Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador

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• Mariana Alem Zabalaga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación AGRECOL Andes, Pasaje F N° 2958 (Urb. El Profesional), Cochabamba–Bolivia

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• Raúl Ccanto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grupo Yanapai, Jr. Atahualpa 297, Concepción, Junín, Peru

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• Reinaldo Quispe Tarqui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Entomología, Fundación PROINPA, La Paz, Bolivia

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• Diego Mina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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• Carlos Carpio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Grupo de Desarrollo para la Reducción y Racionalización de Agroquímicos (GDETERRA), Riobamba, Chimborazo, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Panamericana Sur km 1 ½, Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador

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• María Rosa Yumbla Mantilla,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC), Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Jeffords Hall, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, University Pablo Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, Sevilla, Spain

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• Mélany Osorio,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de investigaciones económicas y empresariales, Universidad Privada Boliviana, Cochabamba, Bolivia

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• Soraya Roman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de investigaciones económicas y empresariales, Universidad Privada Boliviana, Cochabamba, Bolivia

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• Diego Muñoz,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grupo de Desarrollo para la Reducción y Racionalización de Agroquímicos (GDETERRA), Riobamba, Chimborazo

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• Olivier Dangles

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, UMR 5175, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-8433

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