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ThesisItem Open Access Acceptability of pearl millet based products among rural women(I.C College Of Home Science Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Sain, Kiran; Varma, Shashi KantaThesisItem Open Access Attitude and Knowledge of Rural Couples Regarding Female Foeticide(Department of Pharmacology Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Sgisgm Estger Abyoana; Goel, RitaThesisItem Open Access T.V. Viewing Behaviour of the Rural Women Regarding Krishi Darshan Programme on National Television(College of Agriculture Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Kumari, Meena; Batra, AshaThesisItem Open Access Human Resource Development of Rural Women with Special Reference to Time Use Analysis and Feasibility of Vocational Trainings(College of Agriculture Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, 2003) Kashyap, Saroj; Sharma, R. K.ThesisItem Open Access Intergender access to and control of productive resources among rural families in Faridabad District of Haryana(CCSHAU, 2006) Arora, Anupama; Mehta, SudershanThe study was conducted in two purposively selected villages of Faridabad district i.e. Sotai and Nimka. From these villages, 100 couples were selected randomly. Personal, social, economic and communication characteristics of the respondents were taken as independent variables. Access to productive resources viz., control of productive resources and perception about access to and control of productive resources were taken as dependent variables. Data were collected through well structured interview schedule. The study revealed that Nimka village was near to Faridabad district, situated on the main road, having more geographical area, population, number of males and females, sex II ratio, literacy rate, infrastructure facilities than Sotai village. Irrespective of villages, Majority of the respondents belonged to medium caste, had joint families of large size, income up to Rs. 5000/month with higher mass media access and had up to one acre land holding. Most of the male respondents were in the field of cultivation followed by dairying and in private companies whereas majority of the females were engaged in dairying and cultivation. In Agriculture related activities, both males and females were occupied in majority of the activities whereas in case of animal husbandry activities, female participation was more. Maximum time spent by males in land based activities, manufacturing, servicing and trading whereas female spent maximum time in land and livestock based activities. Majority of the female had negligible access to land. most of the male respondents were cultivating land with the help of their wives and were main decision makers in dispose off property. All the males and only 1/3rd of females were paid workers and most of these females were getting same salary for same work as their male counterpart which was mostly kept by their husbands. Literacy rate of male was high as compared to female. Male's access and control over mass media was higher whereas in case of females, it was of medium level. Overall, females had medium to low access to productive resources but low controlling power. Majority of the males from medium caste, educated and from service class were found to be more in favor of providing ownership and controlling power to females whereas all the females irrespective of age, caste, family size, type, education and occupation were found to be interested in access to and control of productive resources. Further village-wise, in Nimka both males and females had more participation in servicing whereas it was in trading (only males) in Sotai. No access to credit was found in Sotai village whereas in case of Nimka village, females had access (12.50%). However, female's access in employment, deposits and savings, mass media, training and credit was comparatively high in Nimka village than in Sotai village. Females had negligible control in case of all productive resources. However, in Nimka, females had somewhat control of land, employment, deposits and savings and mass media.ThesisItem Open Access Capacity-building of farm women through agri-business activities(CCSHAU, 2005) Kusum; Yadav, LaliThe study was undertaken in Bhiwani district of Haryana covering 3 blocks and 3 villages with randomized sample of 240 @ 80 per village. Personal, social, economic, psychological and communicational parameters were taken as independent variables. Capacity-building was taken as the dependent variable. The study reveals that majority of the respondents hailed from lower middle age category, educated upto primary, medium family education status, large family size, high caste, no social participation, nuclear family, farming occupation, monthly income of Rs. 5000/-, possessing 0-3 milch animals and small farmers. Majority of the respondents had low to medium entrepreneurial motivation, risk orientation, change proneness and credit orientation and medium communication behavior and mass media exposure. Mushroom cultivation, vermicomposting, dairy-cooperative, beekeeping and nursery-raising were identified as feasible agri-business activities for the rural women. Confidence and high-moral values were perceived entrepreneurial attributes of a woman. Majority of the respondents were willing to start mushroom cultivation and vermicomposting as an agri-business activity. Major motivating factors to undertake agri-business activities were desires to be self-reliant and availability of resources/time/space/finance. Main demotivating factors not to undertake agri-business activities were lack of support from the family and lack of knowledge. Majority of the respondents had low knowledge of requirements of agri-business activities. Most of them preferred to go for production unit. Majority of the respondents had medium to low ability, low to medium capability, low to medium potential, medium to low willingness, low to medium aspirations and medium to low economic motivation. Major constraints perceived by the respondents were problem in procuring finance as well as loan from different agencies, lack of technological knowledge about running the unit, economic incredibility being women, poor linkage with networking marketing bodies and lack of risk orientation. Significant gain was reported in psychological attributes viz. entrepreneurial motivation, risk orientation, change proneness and credit orientation. Significant gain in entrepreneurial attributes viz. willingness to start agri-business activity, willingness to take risk, willingness to change, willingness to take credit, willingness to take training was found after the introduction of intervention package. Significant gain was reported in all the capacity-building aspects viz. ability, capability potential, willingness, aspiration and economic motivation. Maximum gain was found in willingness followed by ability and capability. Vermicomposting was perceived as the most profitable, triable, relatively advantageous, labor saving, culturally compatible and cheap technology. Age was found to be highly significantly associated with capacity-building. Steps need to be taken to facilitate the transfer of technologies in order to improve the status of agri-business enterprises, development and utilization of women leadership, facilitate education and training, restructure of extension approach for the capacity building of farm women.ThesisItem Open Access Communication pattern for micro-enterprises based on waste management among rural households(CCSHAU, 2006) Renu Kumari; Grover, InduIn a world threatened by dwindling resources and expanding human population utilization of waste through management is a crucial factor of environmental safety, economic stability, ecological sustainability and well-being of the human society. The concept of waste as a material, “which has no use” is changing to that of a “resource” through the recommended technology of waste management viz. vermicomposting, durrie weaving, mushroom cultivation and biogas plant. Through timely communication of information these technology can be adopted by rural people. To understand the communication behaviour of the villagers, the present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana with a sample size 100 rural women involved in waste management micro-enterprises were selected purposively to investigate communication pattern, participation and control by gender. Personal, social, economic, psychological and communication variables were taken as independent variables, whereas communication pattern and participation and control by gender were as dependent variables, nature, extent and use of waste, impact and constraints were studied as intermediate variables. The profile of respondents revealed that majority of them were middle aged, illiterate, married, belonged to other caste had medium size nuclear family with farming occupation and medium income, land holding and herd size. They had medium psychological and communication profile. Study revealed that waste generated in rural household from sources viz. household, animal and agricultural to a considerable extent and treatments of these waste were as stored and sell, reuse, preparation of utility and decorative items, while a negligible amount were through away. Further, local leader, family elders, university staffs and ADO were utilised for communication input and output in vermicomposting, durrie weaving, mushroom cultivation and biogas plant micro-enterprises, respectively. Majority of respondents undertook self-evaluation and discussed with family members in vermicomposting and durrie weaving, university staffs and ADO/ husband/ Family member in mushroom cultivation and biogas plant, respectively and memorization was the method of preservation of information. The overall impact was highest in case of vermicomposting(2.77) followed by mushroom cultivation(2.37), biogas plant (2.16) and durrie weaving (2.16)micro enterprises. G e n d e r participation was higher than control in all micro-enterprises except in case of vermicomposting micro-enterprise in which cent per cent had control. The overall mean score of constraints faced in higher in mushroom cultivation (0.61) followed by durrie weaving (0.48), vermicomposting ( 0.43) and biogas plant (0.32). Age, occupation, income, land holding, herd size, caste, family type, extension contact, outside/ urban contact and social participation were significantly associated with waste management micro-enterprise.ThesisItem Open Access Impact assessment of national agricultural technology project (NATP) on women farmers(CCSHAU, 2006) Ella Rani; Yadav, LaliThe study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state covering 2 blocks and 8 villages purposively drawing a sample of 360 farm women. Personal, social, economic, psychological and communicational parameter were taken as the independent variables and impact was taken as the dependent variable. The study revealed that majority of the respondents hailed from young age category had high education, medium family education, status, 4-6 members in family, high caste, social participation in SHG only, farming as family occupation monthly, income of Rs. 4000/-, up to 2 milch animals and marginal land holding.. Majority of the respondents had medium scores on change proneness, risk orientation and entrepreneurial motivation.. Vermicomposting, milk and milk products/dairy mushroom cultivation, kitchen gardening and fruit and vegetable processing. Majority of the respondents were motivated to undertake as entrepreneurial activities. Easy raw material, require less space and easy to produce for project selection were the reason. Economic need and resource availability motivated majority of the respondents. Majority of the respondents had medium ability, high capacity and high potential to undertake entrepreneurial/technological/ empowerment activities. The knowledge level of the respondents about various requirements had higher in marketing of produce, location and market. Majority of the actual beneficiaries expressed training needs in the areas of drying, transplanting, manure fertilizer application. Majority of the potential beneficiaries showed training needs for processing, storage, transplanting and drying. Majority of control group expressed training needs in processing, cleaning and grading, seed treatment and storage. Majority of the actual beneficiaries had higher knowledge in cleaning, processing and storage in agriculture. Majority of the potential beneficiaries had higher knowledge in cleaning, leveling and ploughing. Control group respondents showed higher knowledge in the areas of leveling, cleaning and ploughing, in agriculture. Most needed trainings areas were disinfecting cattle shed, preparation of feed and feeding for actual beneficiaries. Majority of the potential beneficiaries showed training needs for cleaning cattle shed, vaccination and processing of milk. Control group respondents training need was for marketing of milk, disinfecting cattle shed and processing of milk. Majority of the actual beneficiaries had higher knowledge in the areas of preparation of cow dung cakes and cleaning of utensils used for milk and cleaning. Potential beneficiaries showed higher knowledge in cleaning of utensils used for milk, identifying diseased animals and disinfecting. Majority of the control group respondents reported higher knowledge of cow dung cakes, cleaning/bathing and care of animal at the time of delivery. Dall mill, papad and wadi making and soap and detergent making were training need areas of actual beneficiaries. For potential beneficiaries these were masala making, low cost nutritious recipes and candle making respectively. Training needs for control group respondents were vermicomposting, floriculture and lactometer/milk testing. The knowledge of the actual beneficiaries were higher in lactometer/milk testing, vermicomposting and milk and milk products. Potential beneficiaries showed higher knowledge of nursery raising, low cost nutritious recipes and masala making. The control group respondents expressed higher knowledge of fruit and vegetable preservation, kitchen gardening and soap and detergent making. Majority of the actual beneficiaries showed training needs for conservation of nutrients, importance of green vegetable and balanced diet. Potential beneficiaries showed training needs for importance of green vegetable, health and sanitation and balanced diet. The control group respondents showed their training needs for drudgery reducing technology, women empowerment and improved chulla. The knowledge of the actual beneficiaries was higher in drudgery reducing technology, women empowerment and improved chulla. Regarding potential beneficiaries, majority of the respondents showed higher knowledge of conservation of nutrients, women literacy and immunization. The control group respondents showed high knowledge of women literacy, balanced diet and health and sanitation. Impact points indicated by majority of the respondents were an increase in their income and expenditure by the actual beneficiaries. Unique recognition in family, understanding and solving problems, confidence to deal family issues, buying and selling valuables, expanses on health care, expenditure on food items, communication skills, using of improved agricultural implements; improve efficiency of work in agriculture, disinfecting cattle shed and using shovel among animal husbandry management, income, expenditure and saving on economic aspect. Most of the respondents marked increasing understanding and solving problems independently risk taking ability and visualizing things, respect/person worth/unique recognition, self-respect in the community and securitym, confidence to deal with family issues, dealing to talk in SHG meetings and dealing society and other issues, decision-making in buying and selling valuables like grain, animal etc., children's education and family resource planning, expenses on health care, sale of food items (milk/ghee/grain etc.) and availability of milk for family consumption, in communication skills, participation in group activities and leadership aspects regarding social empowerment. NATP had impact in the form of increase in using of improved agriculture implements, improvement in efficiency of work and knowledge and skill, disinfecting cattle shed using shovel, quality of milch animals, linkages, marketing and control over income, awareness about health of family, feeling of exertion and fatigue indirectly.ThesisItem Open Access Impact assessment of institutionalized home science trainings at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar(CCSHAU, 2006) Anita; Dahiya, ManjuThe process of change is increasingly becoming pervasive. Training is an indispensable instrument for human resource development. Training aims at helping individuals enhance their potential by way of increased knowledge, changed attitudes and improved skills thereby enabling them to perform in a better and professional manner. To assess the impact of institutionalized Home Science trainings organized by Institute of Agricultural Technology Training and Education (IATTE), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar the present study was conducted. Since inception in 1975 to 2005 IATTE had been conducted 365 trainings in the field of Home Science comprising of 332 subject specific and 33 miscellaneous trainings benefiting 10,634 participants. Five trainings, are each from the five disciplines of Home Science which had maximum respondents during last five years were selected. These were training on baking, tie and dye and embroidery, soap and detergent making, table setting, napkin folding, flower arrangement and flower making and soft toys making. A sample of 100 women respondents who had attended these trainings during last five years were selected randomly. The data was collected personally through interview technique. Socio-personal, economic, training and communication variables were taken as independent variables, whereas training impact was taken as dependent variable, which included knowledge, skill, satisfaction and leadership. Profile of respondents selected indicated that majority attending trainings at IATTE were young aged, resided in city, unmarried, graduate, belong to high caste, had nuclear medium size family, not member of any organization, were unemployed, medium family income, have high mass media exposure of TV and information of training was received through press release. It was noted that among the motivational reasons for attending training major one was to learn a new skill. Respondents gained highest knowledge (WMS 0.86) for soft toys making followed by (WMS 0.78) for tie and dye and embroidery, WMS 0.75 for soap and detergent making, (WMS 0.73) for table setting, napkin folding, flower arrangement and flower making and baking also. Highest skill WMS was 1.54 in tie and dye and embroidery followed by 1.47 in soap and detergent making, 1.42 in table setting, napkin folding, flower arrangement, flower making, 1.35 in baking and 1.30 in soft toy making. It was observed that highest satisfaction WMS was 0.98 in soft toys making training, followed by 0.95 in tie and dye and embroidery and also in table setting, napkin folding, flower making, 0.88 in soap and detergent making, 0.87 in baking. Highest leadership WMS was 0.93 in baking , followed by 0.85 in tie and dye and embroidery, 0.78 in soap and detergent making and soft toys making, 0.73 in table setting, napkin folding, flower arrangement, flower making. Marital status and education were found to be significantly associated with knowledge