A survey based study about farmers knowledge,attitude and practices towards rodent pest problems was conducted in four villages of Pothwar,Pakistan from September to December 2013.The aim of the study was to assess farmers perceptions and knowledge about crops,their pests and management.From 114 surveys the majority of farmers (88%) owned their land with an average farm area of 2.84 ha.In Pothwar,wheat is the main winter crop grown followed by brassica.In summer crops,barley is the major crop grown followed by sorghum,maize and peanuts.Farmers consider high prices of fertilizers (90%) as a major constraint to agriculture followed by water shortage (89%) and rodent pests (80%) .Rodents were reported as the number one pest to crop fields (62%) followed by insects (20%) and pigs (11%) .Similarly,in harvested food storage,rats were the number one pest (61%) followed by insects (32%) .Farmers consider wheat as the most affected crop (54%) followed by peanuts (32%) and harvest was the most susceptible stage for both crops.Rodenticides are most commonly used for controlling rats in crops (77%) .The majority of farmers (98%) consider rodents as major pests that need to be controlled and farmers (84%) believe that crop production can be increased if farmers work cooperatively.Respondents (77%) also reported that no help and/or training was being provided to farmers by the government sector against rodent problems in the area.Overall these results show that farmers are aware of rodent crop damage but feel isolated in tackling the issue.