An Ergonomic Analysis of Drudgery Prone Activities in Sugarcane Cultivation
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Sugarcane is the third largest crop, cultivated next to rice and wheat in our country. In Tamilnadu, about 3.52 lakhs hectares of land are under sugarcane cultivation and this is increasing annually due to the increased consumption of sugar, and also the growing demand from mills for sugarcane as a raw material. Thirty farm women involved in different stages of sugarcane cultivation from five villages of Madurai district have been interviewed and data was collected for characterization of drudgery, by interview method. Six Parameters namely, physical load carrying, Posture, Repetitive strain, Time, Muscular-Skeletal Disorders (MSD) and Physiological load were considered, for the drudgery assessment. Activities like sett planting, weeding and harvesting were considered for data collection, as these activities were carried out by majority of the farm women. The data revealed that, the drudgery index was found to be more for carrying of harvested sugarcane from the field to the processing unit (43.49), which was followed by sett planting (35.27), cutting of matured sugarcane (32.61), weeding (31.59) and gathering and bundling of harvested sugarcane (30.94). Based on the drudgery index, the activities were categorized for drudgery level and the activities under the study were found to be in the category of ‘moderately heavy’. Based on the findings, it is suggested that, low cost intervention which is practically feasible and acceptable by the workers is, to be introduced to reduce the drudgery load.
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Parimalam P, Meenakshi J, Padmini D S
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