Women constitute a major and vital work force in agriculture. Nearly 84% of all economically active women in India are engaged in agriculture and allied activities. But the irony is that, most of the agricultural equipment and tools are designed keeping in mind men"s physiological parameters which are substantially different from women"s physiological parameters. Even the tools and equipment should not only be tailor made for women while they should be designed according to local conditions and demand. It is necessary to evaluate agricultural tools, equipment and technologies in gender perspective for increasing productivity and reducing the drudgery and also to promote women specific production and processing technologies in rural areas. Hence, the present research paper is focused on ascertaining the acceptability of selected drudgery reducing tools by the farm women and finding out the problems/constraints perceived by them during use of selected tools. The research study was conducted in purposively selected two talukas of Banaskantha district i.e. Dantiwada and Amirgadh taluka in Gujarat. From these talukas, six villages were selected and out of these villages, a representative sample size of one hundred twenty farm women (Twenty from each village) actually involved in groundnut and maize cultivation (60 in groundnut and 60 in maize cultivation) were selected by using simple random sampling procedure. Three women friendly drudgery reducing tools were selected to assess their acceptability namely, Improved sickle, Tubular Maize Sheller and Groundnut Decorticator (Standing Type). It was found in the study that all three tools i.e. groundnut decorticator, maize Sheller and sickle were perceived highly acceptable by high majority (91.67, 85.00 and 86.67 percent) of farm women respectively. Though few problems were also reported by farm women such as hundred percent of respondents found the problem of lifting of decorticator from front side during its operation especially when little more amount of groundnuts are filled in it for decorticating. Similarly cost of Maize Sheller was perceived high by forty eight percent of farm women. In case of improved sickle, it was found that the sickle was not appropriate for the farmwomen who worked by left hand. It is essential to popularize these tools intensively and make available in the market for more and rapid adoption.
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IntroductionWomen are the backbone of agricultural workforce because they perform more than 80.00 percent of farm activities. Many farming and allied activities performed by women involve a lot of physical strain which adversely affect their work efficiency and lead to several types of occupational health hazards like mechanical hazards, chemical hazards, musculoskeletal disorders, environmental hazards, physical hazards, biological hazards etc. These health hazards create serious health problems in the long run. Incidences of chronic skeletal muscular and postural health problem such as strain/sprain, neck pain, joint pain, back pain, hand and leg pain, shoulder pain, chest pain, accidents like cut/wounds, scratches, injury and respiratory diseases such as asthma are indicative of work related health disorders [1]. Farm women often lack education and information on the health hazards and habitually view pain as a normal part of work and seek care only when the condition becomes severe or disabling. Usually, they do not understand the association of a health problem with its source. Further, Women being overburdened with so much work load both on farm and at home; they usually neglect their health [2]. The health of farm women is one of the important resources for agricultural development. Therefore, drudgery reduction measures need to be initiated to avoid occurrence of health hazards among farm women. Hence, an urgent need to make women aware about latest drudgery reducing tools, equipment and other technologies and motivate them to adopt the same was felt. If appropriate drudgery reducing technologies are made available to the farm women at home and farm, it would definitely contribute in reducing their drudgery, increasing their working capability, increasing farm production resulting in improved quality of life. Several types of drudgery reducing technologies are available in market but to what extent these are being used by farm women and whether farm women are aware about these technologies or not are the questions of investigation.
Women in India are the major work force in the agricultural sector. Involvement of women in agriculture varied greatly due to gender differences in various regions, cultures, economic status and even in crop selection. Genders roles are socially constructed specific roles decided based on cultural expectations of society. Gender roles vary in different sectors of development and are heavily influenced by cultural, social, and economic characteristics of the community. Hence, different roles are ascribed to men and women according to the socio-cultural and behavioral norms of the society. This research study was planned for creating a database on the gender role differentials prevailing in Banaskantha District in agriculture and allied fields. It will help to analyze and understand the factors responsible for gender differentials and to meet information need of stakeholders and policy planners.
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