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Background:The major occupational diseases in India are occupational accidents, pneumoconiosis, musculoskeletal injuries, pesticide poisoning, and work place stress. Despite of low consumption of pesticides on global scale, cases of pesticide poising among Indian farmers are increasing every year. The reasons are many so in this study we wanted to assess the famers' attitudes and practices about pesticide usage in rural areas of north Karnataka. Methods: A field based cross sectional study was conducted in the rural areas of Karnataka state Gadag district. Farmer's, attitudes and practices about pesticide usage and its harmful effects on human health was assessed. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain the data from January to February 2020. Data were collected at the rural settings by visiting their house and agriculture fields. Results: Totally 265 farmers were interviewed, out of that Almost all of them have good attitudes about pesticide usage, impacts on environment and only 40% of them have good practices about the pesticide usage. Conclusion: Majority of the Farmers have good attitudes and practices about pesticide usage. Nearly more than half of the participants have poor practices in personal protective equipment's usage while spraying the pesticide.

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