REDUCING DRUDGERY OF FARMWOMEN THROUGH APPROPRIATE FARM IMPLEMENTS IN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

S. KUMAR¹, A.K. SRIVASTAVA², S.B. MISHRA³, R.C. CHAUDHARY⁴*
¹Participatory Rural Development Foundation, Gorakhpur, 273014, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Participatory Rural Development Foundation, Gorakhpur, 273014, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Participatory Rural Development Foundation, Gorakhpur, 273014, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Participatory Rural Development Foundation, Gorakhpur, 273014, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : ram.chaudhary@gmail.com

Received : 03-04-2018     Accepted : 12-04-2018     Published : 15-04-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 7       Pages : 5761 - 5764
Int J Agr Sci 10.7 (2018):5761-5764

Keywords : Farmwomen, Drudgery Reducing Implements, Awareness on drudgery, SHGs
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, under the project Biotechnology Led Empowerment of Farm Women
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Agriculture is a primary unorganized sector in which farmwomen perform the majority of the drudgery prone work. This study was conducted in three villages (Ramnagar Karjahan, Laxmipur and Gahila Dudhaila) of two districts namely Gorakhpur & Deoria of Uttar Pradesh, India. A sample of 75 farmwomen in the age group of 28-55 years who were involved in various agricultural activities was selected for this study. A self-structured and pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect primary & secondary data. The results revealed that participation of farmwomen was higher in activities like seed treatment, transplantation, raising nursery, weeding, pruning, grain storage, manual harvesting, picking of vegetables, collection of animal dung and its transportation to fields. The knowledge level of participants about drudgery reducing implements was almost nil. After trainings, the farmwomen had 74.6 percent gain in knowledge and skill about drudgery reduction. Increased efficiency of the introduced tools saved their time, which they used for resting and taking better care of themselves and their children

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