Table 5 Represents that the reason of farmers why not remove empty pesticide containers properly (N = 103)
Why do you not remove empty pesticide containers properly? | Districts (Fogera; N = 50) Mecha; N = 53) | Farmers’ response N (%) | Χ² | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree | Disagree | Strongly agree | ||||
Ignore environmental risk | Fogera | 14 (28%) | 3 (6%) | 33 (66%) | 1.18 | 0.55 ns |
| Â | Mecha | 16 (30%) | 1 (2%) | 36 (68%) | Â | Â |
Lack of awareness | Fogera | 14 (28%) | 19 (38%) | 17 (34%) | 0.79 | 0.67 ns |
| Â | Mecha | 28 (53%) | 18 (34%) | 7 (13%) | Â | Â |
Do not know its impact | Fogera | 22 (44%) | 18 (36%) | 10 (20%) | 0.23 | 0.86 ns |
| Â | Mecha | 26 (49%) | 18 (34%) | 9 (17%) | Â | Â |
Absence of enforcing law | Fogera | 27 (54%) | 14 (28%) | 9 (18%) | 0.02 | 0.99 ns |
| Â | Mecha | 29 (55%) | 15 (28%) | 9 (17%) | Â | Â |