The Challenges of Soil Pollution in Gurjaani Municipality

The paper discusses the problem of soil pollution and measures against it in Gurjaani municipality. The author describes the municipality of Gurjaani in statistical data (population, agricultural and non-agricultural land area, main directions of economic activity and employment, information about factories and wineries operating in the municipality, etc.). The author focuses on measures against soil pollution by local authorities and farmers. The author notes that the problem of soil pollution is known to the population, and they try to use biofertilizers and to increase the fertility of the land, build windbreaks, irrigation systems, and rotate crops during the "rest" of the land. The author conducted qualitative research using the Google platform and social network on the problem of soil pollution. 142 respondents took part in the research. As a result of the research, the attitude of the population to take care of the environment and the soil was revealed. Keywords: soil pollution, viticulture, fruit growing, biofertilizers