Capacity building of scheduled caste rural women through processing of milk and milk products

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2009
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CCSHAU
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The study was undertaken in randomly selected two villages viz : Dhana and Balawas, Hisar district, Haryana state. Out of the list of total SC families, 50 percent families i.e. 50 from Dhana and 100 from Balawas which totaled to 150 were selected randomly. Personal, social, economic, psychological and communicational parameters were taken as independent variables and impact of training (gain in knowledge and change in attitude), acceptability of the technology (perceived feasibility and symbolic adoption) were taken as dependent variable. The study revealed that majority of the respondents belonged to young age group, were married belonged to nuclear family, were illiterate, had agricultural labourer as their main occupation, earn less than 5,000/month, had low material possession, low social participation, outside urban contact and mass media exposure, medium level of entrepreneurial motivation, risk orientation, and economic motivation. More than half of the respondents heard about various milk products. Majority were unaware about reservation in education and in jobs, had lack of knowledge regarding income generating activities and provision of bank loans to SC women. Majority of the respondents had low knowledge in most of the messages, low symbolic adoption and unfavourable attitude at pre-exposure stage. But at the postexposure stage, majority gained medium knowledge in all the messages i.e. testing adulteration in milk and packaging, loaning and marketing. Medium attitudinal change and low change in symbolic adoption. Khoa, paneer, cream and chhana were found to be economical profitable and simple to use. Majority perceived flavored milk and sweet lassi as simple to use and physical compatible but not profitable. On the whole adoption feasibility and overall acceptability of processing of milk and milk products technology was of medium level.
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Animal husbandry, Productivity, Milk products, Biological phenomena, Economic systems, Production technology, Economics, Confectionery, Profit, Markets
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