An Evaluation of Drudgery Reducing Agricultural Technologies Developed for Farm Women
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
The rural women play a significant role in agriculture and other agro based activities. The daily work schedule of rural women is very demanding and arduous. It is estimated that women on an average work for about 8-9 hours/day in agricultural operations like weeding, transplanting, harvesting, threshing and storage etc. and an average of4 hours in household activities. To estimate the drudgery 30 farm women was selected of age range 30 years to 40 years. There anthropometric measurements were calculated and the average height, weight and body mass index was 151.5 cm, 50.5 kg and 23.4 respectively. The amount of drudgery while performing agricultural activities traditionally and manually was studied and the results indicates that the amount of energy spent by the farm women while performing selected activities with the improved technologies was low when compared to the traditional methods. It was also found that with the help of modified technology, the work output and work efficiency increased. The rate of drudgery while weeding and transplanting was moderate in term of perceived rate of exertion as compared to be heavy in case of traditional method.
Authors and Affiliations
Rondla Anitha, Bhoopendra Kumar, Afifa Jahan
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