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Article History

Received: 24 January 2020

Accepted: 20 December 2020

First Online: 20 January 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Senate of Research Publication Committee of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. A permission to collect information from the district selected was requested from the Regional Administrative Secretary office who will write a letter to the respective district where permission to take the survey in the district was granted through the District extension officer but the information and the permission letter was sent to the SAGCOT respective cluster to easily reach the farmers.Study participants were informed of the aim of the study and its importance and written informed consent was provided to the participants before recruiting them in the study which was a formal written consent and confidentiality. The information from this study was used for academic purposes only, thus each participant was treated anonymously. And all children identified with developmental effects were listed and recognized by the administration responsible for further support.

: Not applicable as it was done under academic qualification of postgraduate education, publication is per ethical approval.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.