International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Neha B Sapkal, Hemant V Borate and Shweta K Mayekar

abstract
The Study on “Awareness of mango growers regarding agricultural pollution” was conducted in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district of South Konkan region of Maharashtra state in India. This study assessed mango growers’ knowledge about the specific components or farming practices that put up to agricultural pollution. For this study districts, tahsils and villages were selected on the basis of maximum area under mango cultivation. The data was collected by personal interview using pretested standardized schedule with sample size constituted of 120 respondents. It was observed Majority (100.00 per cent) each of the respondents were aware about some pesticides persist for long time in the soil, bio- fertilizers were ecofriendly, open burning of harvest waste leads to black clouds which can causes suffocation to human beings, human system if exposed to a very high noise it is harmful, high noise causes rapid heart beating, regular high noise can cause deafness, dead animals cause environmental pollution and FYM mixing in soil is safe for human health as well as for soil micro-organisms and biogas plant slurry is useful for manuring without effecting environment. It was found that majority (98.33 per cent) of the respondents were aware about salt and silt can deposit on fertile soil through irrigation water. It was noticed that majority (99.17 per cent) of the respondents were aware about waste of food processing units can be used in soil to increase fertility without effecting quality of soil. Nearly one third (32.50 per cent) of the respondents had ‘high’ awareness regarding agricultural pollution.