Assessment of knowledge level of farm women in value addition of tomato in Kolar district of Karnataka state

Abstract

Tomato can be called as “Poor Man’s orange” as it is rich in food nutritive value; 100 gm fresh tomato contains 3.5 gm carbohydrate, 0.98 gm protein, 0.50 gm B carotene, 0.35 mg iron and 10-100 mg ascorbic acid. The problem of loss during uncertainities can be controlled by adapting suitable scientific method of value addition and establishing proper post-harvest management may fetch remunerative prices. Therefore the present study was carried out to assess the knowledge level of farm women involved in tomato farming before and after value addition tomato training programmes with a sample size of 150 in five talukas of Kolar district. It was indicated that about 79.00 per cent of the respondents found in low category of knowledge level before interventional programmes where as 80.00 per cent of them were found in high knowledge category after the interventional programmes on value addition. The computed (‘t’) value was 80.64 which is positive and highly significant (p