SAFETY MEASURES ADOPTED BY VEGETABLE GROWERS IN PESTICIDE APPLICATION.

Abstract

The present study was under taken in Akola district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state. From this selected district one Tahsil has been selected purposively. The selected Tahsils is Patur respectively. From this Tahsil ten villages have been selected randomly and from each selected village ten farmers have been interviewed. Thus the total 100 respondents is the sample for this study. The objectives of the study were, to study the extent of safety measures adopted by the vegetable growers in pesticide application and to study the constraints faced by vegetable growers in safety use of pesticides. The exploratory research design was used for present study. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents having medium level of adoption about safety measures. Higher cost of insecticides/pesticides, the market price are not fixed, no knowledge about preservation/storing methods of vegetable crops, inadequate/costly labour availability is the major constraints of vegetable growers.