Farmers’ Perspectives on Environmental Degradation: Causes, Losses and Mitigation Suggestions
Author : Ruchitkumar A Solanki, Sunil R Patel and Dhruv N Patel
Abstract :
Agriculture significantly contributes to this degradation through practices such as deforestation, excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, crop residue burning and unsustainable irrigation. The degradation of natural resources threatens food security, public health and ecological balance. Ex-post facto research design was used. Researchers conducted personal interviews with farmers at their homes. For the study's sampling, four talukas were randomly selected from the Anand district. From each of these four talukas, four villages were then randomly chosen, resulting in a total of 16 randomly selected villages. Finally, ten farmers were randomly selected from each of these 16 villages. This systematic approach yielded a total sample size of 160 respondents. Keeping in view these facts, the present investigation entitled “Farmers’ perspectives on environmental degradation: causes, losses and mitigation suggestions” was undertaken with the following objectives. Assign scores, calculate the mean for each statement and rank statements based on these means.
Keywords :
Environmental degradation, Farmers, knowledge, Sustainable agriculture.
