Perception and Adoption Level of Improved Off-season Tomato Cultivation Practice among Farm Women of Odisha

Agriculture in India is moving away from animal driven to machine driven. Apart from tractors and power weeders which are used by farmers, there are farm tools and implements that can be used by farm women to reduce their drudgery with increased productivity. The present study made an attempt in introducing the set of 14 drudgery reducing farm tools and implements i.e. sapling transplanter, sickle/kurpi, long handle weeders, three types of harvest bags, ring cutter, finger guards, milking stand cum stool, head load manager, seed cum fertilizer bag, seed placement tube and fertilizer broad caster. A capacity building training programme was conducted to the farm women for exposure about the improved set of farm tools and implements. The implements were given to village secretary for use of this equipment by a group of 50 farm women and data were collected from them regarding the awareness about the technologies before and after the capacity building training programmes. Adoption levels were assessed after completion of a crop season. It was found that partial awareness was there about the improved equipment before training and cent per cent awareness was in the random selected group after the training programs. About 62 per cent of the sample has moderately adopted the given technologies. The study indicated for educating the farmers about the importance of drudgery reducing technologies, training them in using the farm implements and providing them to have an easy accessibility to enhance the adoption level. Custom hiring centres can be the solution to house the improved technologies suitable for farm women so that they can be used on rotation basis.

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Knowledge and Adoption Level of Grain Storage Technologies among Farm Women of Deesa Taluka, Gujarat, India

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ◽

10.20546/ijcmas.2020.903.264 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 2323-2330

Author(s):

Santosh Ahlawat ◽

Surabhi Singh

Keyword(s):

Farm Women ◽

Grain Storage ◽

Storage Technologies ◽

Adoption Level

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Adoption of Agricultural Labour Saving Tools by Farm Women in India and Gujarat – An Overview

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology ◽

10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i530578 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 47-53

Author(s):

Dipti Thakar

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Farm Women ◽

Work Efficiency ◽

Gujarat State ◽

Related Literature ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Review Analysis ◽

Adoption Level ◽

Women In India

Aim: The purpose of this paper is to overview the adoption of labour saving tools by women working in the agricultural farms in India and special reference to the Gujarat state. Methodology: The study is based on the secondary sources. A systematic methodological approach has been adopted while reviewing various related literature of India and Gujarat. The conclusion of the study is based on the systematic review analysis of key findings. Review analysis: Farm women have been found using both traditional and improved labour saving tools. Lack of adoption of improved tools was reported in various literatures, however, the adoption level by the farm women found to increase after trainings. The gain in understanding and skill about labour saving tools increase work efficiency and save their time. Conclusion: The study concluded that the practices of labour saving tools are not satisfactory due to the lack of awareness. The capacity building training enhance in using the labour saving tools efficiently.

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Adoption Index of Women Goat Farmers in Various Aspirational District of Niti-Ayog in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management ◽

10.23910/1.2020.2159 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 578-584

Author(s):

Bikash Santra ◽

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A. Goswami ◽

K. C. Dhara ◽

Sukanta Biswas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nuclear Family ◽

Research Work ◽

Total Sample ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Farm Women ◽

Sustainable Livelihood ◽

Almost All ◽

Adoption Level ◽

Farmer Training ◽

Goat Farming

The Goat husbandry plays a key role in sustainable livelihood and income generation of the rural small-marginal farmers, landless laborers and specially women folk. The research work was carried out on adoption index of women goat farmers in purposively selected 05 nos. of aspiration districts, of NITI Aayog, GOI in W.B. From each one block of each district50 nos. of women goat farmers’ were randomly selected as respondents with total sample size of 250 nos. for the present study. The collected data were compiled and analyzed statistically with the help of pre-tested structured interview schedule for better interpretation of the findings of the study. The study had showed low level of adoption among the farm women, which indicated their lacking in application of improved husbandry practices in goat farming. The study revealed that, majority of farm women of Birbhum district were having higher % age of low adoption level in comparison to other four districts. The findings also revealed that, joint family married women were having more adoption index than nuclear family. The study explored that, South Dinajpur district had highest adoption level in terms of almost all enlisted adoption indicators than other four aspirational districts in the study. In future, a comprehensive farmer training and demonstration programme need to be conducted in this area for livelihood improvement of women goat farmers. The adoption level about goat farming need to be assessed for formulation of sustainable livelihood based promising endeavor in this functional area of the state of W.B.

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A Comparative Analysis on Knowledge and Adoption Level of Farmwomen Regarding Fruit and Vegetable Preservation Technologies: A Micro Study by KVK, Ganjam-I

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i1730753 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 57-63

Author(s):

Santosh Kumar Samantaray ◽

Chitrotpala Devadarshini ◽

Anita Patro ◽

Prasanta Kumar Panda ◽

Bishnupada Giri ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fruit And Vegetables ◽

Farm Women ◽

Vegetable Production ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

Low Level ◽

Preservation Technology ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Medium Level ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Adoption Level

The study was conducted during 2017-2019 in Ganjam district with the objective to find out the effectiveness of training programme of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Ganjam-I, on knowledge and adoption level of trainee farmwomen regarding fruit and vegetables preservation technologies. A total 400 respondents were selected for the study which includes 200 trainee farmwomen from the adopted villages, where Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ganjam-I, had conducted training programmes in the area of fruit and vegetables preservation technologies and 200 non-trainee farmwomen selected from villages which were not covered by the KVK. The data revealed that majority, (i.e., 72.50 percent) of Trainee Farm-Women were having medium level of knowledge regarding Fruit and Vegetable Preservation technology, followed by those (20.00 percent and 7.50 percent) having high and low level of knowledge, respectively. Whereas, in case of Non-trainee farmwomen, all of them had low level of knowledge regarding Fruit And Vegetable Preservation technologies. Further the analysis of adoption scores of Trainee Farm-women revealed that (79.50 percent) of Trainee Farmwomen had medium level of adoption, followed by (20.50 percent) those having high level of adoption and (18.50 percent) are having low level of adoption as far as Fruit and Vegetable Production technologies are concerned, while in case of Non-Trainee Farm-women, all of them were having low level of adoption. This indicates that there has been significant difference between the trainees & non-trainees with regard to their Knowledge and Adoption of fruit and vegetables preservation technology.

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