Adoption level of various farm implements by women of Haryana
| dc.contributor.advisor | Vijaya Rani | |
| dc.contributor.author | Preeti | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-17T08:59:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-17T08:59:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A study was conducted to access the adoption level of various farm implements and the constraints faced , by rural women in Haryana state. The districts of Haryana state were first arranged into ascending order of mechanization Index and then divided into 5 groups for selection of districts. The districts of Fatehabad, Kurukshtra, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonipat were selected for the study. From these districts, three blocks were randomly selected and from each block, three villages were randomly selected. From each village, six women farmers were interviewed using a predesigned questionnaire thereby making a sample of 270 respondents for the study. The results showed that none of the respondents used any implement for tillage and sowing/planting operation. For interculture operations, simple tools were used by majority of the respondents while only 0.37% respondents used wheel hand hoe. Rural women in haryana had no significant role in plant protection operation as a knapsack sprayer was used only by 0.37% respondents. Sickle was only tool used for harvesting crops and for threshing operation, thresher was used by 5.92% respondents. Tubewell for irrigation was operated by 9.63% respondents while chaff cutter was used by majority of respondents (87.77%). The respondents had a poor access to market and information sources. They reported a poor extension contact and a lack of training programmes. They lack adequate knowledge and skill regarding use of implement and were hesitant in using new implements. Lack of credit facilities, large family size and high cost of implements were among other constraints faced by rural women in Haryana. It was observed that small machines being overtaken by large machines was a major constraint in adoption of new implements by rural women in Haryana. The present study can prove to be of great help in improving the current adoption level of farm machinery by rural women. Further research needs to be carried out on ergonomically designed farm implements for women so that women become more active in adopting new technology which will reduce drudgery, save time and make farm work easier for them. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810128514 | |
| dc.keywords | Adoption level, farm implements, rural, women, Haryana, Constraints | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CCSHAU | en_US |
| dc.sub | Farm, Machinery and Power | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Adoption level of various farm implements by women of Haryana | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Tech. | en_US |
| dc.title | Adoption level of various farm implements by women of Haryana | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |