Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Gayakwad VS, Deshmukh AN and Lade AH

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in Amravati district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. The study “Awareness of farmers about agricultural pollution” was conducted in Amravati and Teosa Talukas of Amravati district, from this talukas ten villages selected and from each village eight respondents were selected, 80 respondents were purposively selected for study. Exploratory research design was used for the research study. It was noticed that, eighty five percent (85.00%) of the respondents were aware about excessive use of herbicide had adverse effect on population of soil microorganism, more than eighty percent (81.25%) of the respondents were aware that use of chemical fertilizer in agriculture is potential source of water pollution, slightly more than ninety percent (91.25%) of the respondents were high noise causes rapid heart beating, ninety percent (90.00%) of the respondents were aware that open burning of harvest waste is bad management practice, more than three fourth (80.00%) of the respondents were aware that livestock waste spread inflectional diseases in human being, more than seventy five percent (78.75%) of the respondents were aware that sewage water affects the germination of seeds, more than three fourth (77.50%) of the respondents were aware that waterlogged condition affects the plant growth by irrigation water, respectively.