Vol. 7, Issue 6 (2019)
Correlates of perception of green chilli growers regarding environmental risk in use of pesticides with their selected characteristics
Author(s): NP Jangwad, PK Wakle, DM Mankar, NM Kale, RT Katole and SP Salame
Abstract: The present research was undertaken on topic ‘Perception of green chilli growers regarding environmental risk in use of pesticides in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state’ conducted purposively in two district viz, Amravati and Buldana as it considered as a progressive agricultural belt, best suited climate, soil, irrigation facilities, skill and intensive cultivation practices adopted by the green chilli growers and maximum area under green chilli crop. Ex-post facto research design was used for the present research. Out of two districts, two talukas and 20 villages had maximum area under green chilli were selected i.e Total 300 green chilli growers constitute the sample size. The findings of the research study relational analysis revealed that variables education, land holding, area under green chilli crop, annual income, source of information, risk orientation, economic motivation, knowledge about different areas of pesticides had positive and highly significant relationship, while other variables like age, experience in farming, size of family and attitude of the farmers towards pesticide use was observed negatively significant with their perception regarding environmental risk in use of pesticides, It was also observed that cropping pattern, irrigation facilities and availability of labour were observed non-significant relationship with their perception regarding environmental risk in use of pesticides. For extent of contribution of selected independent variables on the dependent variables, the variable education alone contributed to 51.40 per cent of total variation in perception of the green chilli growers regarding environmental risk in pesticide use, followed by education + land holding (60.00%), education + land holding + age (63.50%), while education + land holding + age + attitude of the farmers towards pesticide use (65.40%).
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NP Jangwad, PK Wakle, DM Mankar, NM Kale, RT Katole, SP Salame. Correlates of perception of green chilli growers regarding environmental risk in use of pesticides with their selected characteristics. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(6):2413-2417.
