Awareness of environmental problems deals with the attention, concerns and sensitivity of the respondents to the environmental problems. The study has been under taken up among farmers of western part of Karnataka state, India to determine the extent of formers awareness on agricultural pollution and general environmental problems. The data collected using pre tested questionnaire cum interview schedules. This study concludes that farmer’s awareness on general environmental problems and agricultural pollution was medium in the study area. It is predicted that if policy-makers, extension organizations and educational institutions concentrate on these factors, they are more likely to succeed in making farmers more favorably disposed toward sustainable agriculture.
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