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ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijcemr.2021.07.004

Pesticide Usage: Attitudes and Practices among Rural Farmers in South India

Gulappa Devagappanavar

Guest Faculty, School of Environmental Science, Public Health and Sanitation Management, Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag, India.

*Corresponding author: Gulappa Devagappanavar

Published: May 20,2021

Abstract

Background: The major occupational diseases in India are occupational accidents, pneumoconiosis, musculoskeletal injuries, pesticide poisoning, and work place stress. Despite of low consumption of pesticides on global scale, cases of pesticide poising among Indian farmers are increasing every year. The reasons are many so in this study we wanted to assess the famers’ attitudes and practices about pesticide usage in rural areas of north Karnataka. Methods: A field based cross sectional study was conducted in the rural areas of Karnataka state Gadag district. Farmer’s, attitudes and practices about pesticide usage and its harmful effects on human health was assessed. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain the data from January to February 2020. Data were collected at the rural settings by visiting their house and agriculture fields. Results: Totally 265 farmers were interviewed, out of that Almost all of them have good attitudes about pesticide usage, impacts on environment and only 40% of them have good practices about the pesticide usage. Conclusion: Majority of the Farmers have good attitudes and practices about pesticide usage. Nearly more than half of the participants have poor practices in personal protective equipment’s usage while spraying the pesticide.

Keywords

Attitudes and Practices, Farmers practices, PPE Usage, Pesticide usage, Occupational health

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How to cite this paper

Pesticide Usage: Attitudes and Practices among Rural Farmers in South India

How to cite this paper: Gulappa Devagappanavar. (2021) Pesticide Usage: Attitudes and Practices among Rural Farmers in South India. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Research5(3), 254-259.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijcemr.2021.07.004