ANALYSIS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY RURAL WOMEN IN DAIRY PRODUCTION AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL IN MAHABOOBNAGAR DISTRICT

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1999
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Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University
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DairyproductionisrecognisedasalucrativeenterpriseforwomensincetheinceptionofOperationFloodProgrammein1970. Morethan70percent ofthewomeninAndhraPradeshareengagedindairyproduction. Adequateefforts aredueonthequantificationofwomen'scontributionsindairyproductioninterms ofactivityanalysisinrelationtotimeandenergycosts. Suchassessmentshelpto determine the work load ofwomen in dairy and suitable areas ofwork improvement,waysofminimisingthedrudgerycanbesuggested. Hence,the presentstudyentitled,"Analysisoftasksperformedbyruralwomenindairy productionathouseholdlevelinMahaboobnagardistrict"proposedforthe study. Methodologycomprisedofasamplesurveyof40householdsselectedbyproportionatelyrandomsamplingprocedurefollowedbya fi eldstudyonsub sampleofsix. Theparametersinvestigatedweretime,participationandenergy expenditure. Energyexpenditurewasestimatedbyusingcarotidpulsetechnique. Thedairytasksviz.,feedinganimals,collectingdung,cleaningtheshed,collection offodder,bringingfodderandmilkingwereselectedonthebasisofsurveyresults, keepingthecriteriaaspercentageofparticipationondairyperformedtasksand timespent. Theresults onthesocio-economicstatusofsurveyindicatedthatmorethanfifiypercentofthehomemakerswereilliteratesirrespectiveoflandholding category. TheaveragefamilyincomewasRs.53,762.50peryear. Eightypercent ofthesamplepossessed1—2milkyieldinganimalsonanaverageandthemean milkyieldrangedfrom05—2L/day. Thepercentageofparticipationwasmorein smallandmarginalfarmcategorywhencomparedtoothercategories,thenature ofinvolvementbeingpredominantlysoleparticipation. Theobservationsobtainedthroughthefieldstudyconductedontimeindicated thatthemaximum of58.88min wasconsumedintheactivityof collectingfodderandminimumof16.62minwasconsumedinfeedinganimals. Analysisofbodymotionsindicatedthatmilkinginvolves272operationsusing hands,wherecleaningtheshedinvolved116dynamicbodymotionsusingupper andlowerlimbs. Examinationsof the selected tasksdoneusingcarotidpulse rate methodtoassessthe energycostindicated that feedinganimals,collecting dung, cleaningtheshed,collectingfodder, bringing fodderand milking activities were consuming 12.39kjmin‘l,20.81kjmin", 213.4 kjmin"and112.97kjmin'1correspondingly. Thesametasksintermsofpulserateshowed78.6 bpm,82.32 bpm, 119.3bpm, 110.60bpm111.60bpmand108.11bpmrespectively. The aboveobservationsledtoinferthatcleaningtheshed,collectingfodder,bringing fodderandmilkingwerehardphysicaltasksandclassifiedasmoderatelyheavy duetotheeffectoftasksonheartrateresponses. Theothersviz.,feedinganimals andcollectingdungwereconsideredtobelighttasks. Theresultsofthestudy generateusabledataforanalysingtheoccupationalworkload.
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D5897
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