Impact of RKVY project: Empowerment of rural women through value addition and post-harvest interventions
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2021-04
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CCSHAU, Hisar
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Present study was conducted in Hisar and Fatehabad districts of Haryana state under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana project completed in department of EECM. Four trainings on the selected aspects of post-harvest intervention & value addition in fruits, vegetables, wheat and pulses were selected for impact assessment. Total 120 respondents from two districts covering four villages (kharadAlipur, & Gawar from Hisar, Dharania & Aherwan from Fatehabad) were selected purposively (30 from each). Majority of the respondents belonged to 36-55 years of age, medium level of family education status, nuclear & small size family and general caste, small farmers, had medium level of media exposure and entrepreneurial motivation. Training effectiveness index was measured in terms of utility and coverage of subject matter which was found highest for post-harvest intervention & value addition in vegetables (82.11%) followed by post-harvest intervention & value addition in fruits 79.44%, post-harvest intervention & value addition in wheat 79.03% and post-harvest intervention & value addition in pulses 76.73% for all selected trainings. Trainees were found highly satisfied with subject matter, physical facilities and quality of trainers. Training resulted in significant gain in knowledge, favorable attitude and high skill as compared to control group. Majority of the respondents adopted the technologies for household purpose & further disseminated the technology in the community. In experimental group, the respondents had significant gain in knowledge, favorable attitude and high skill acquisition regarding all components. Impact assessment index was observed moderately high in all training aspects. Education & communication variables were found positively and significantly correlated with knowledge, land holding and communication variables had positive and significant correlation with skill, entrepreneurial motivation had positive impact on attitude changed of the respondents. Respondents perceived marketing constraints, technological constraints and socio-economical constraints in adoption of technology as an enterprise in rural areas.