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 “Preventive measures being taken by farmers in controlling 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, forty percent (40.00%) of the respondents had taken preventive measures as use protective wears at the time of handling of pesticides, half (50.00%) of the respondents were used organic manure, slightly more than forty percent (41.25%) of the respondents carried out repairing and services of implements and farm machinery frequently, 42.25 percent of the respondents were deposited crop by-products in pit and after decomposition it is added to soil to enrichand, 25.00 percent of the respondents utilize sewage water as irrigation to inedible crops only, 30.00 percent of the respondents were made dung pit away from residential area, slightly less than three fourth (70.00%) of the respondents were irrigate the crop as per their requirement of water, Half of the respondents (50.00%) take preventive measure as dead animal buried under ground deeply and away from residential area,