Symbolic adoption of selected drudgery reduction technologies related to agriculture and animal husbandry by the farm women

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh state. Since the present study was an action research which required support of organization and functionaries working in the field of agriculture, it was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Gonda. Gonda districts consists of 16 panchayat samities, out of which two panchayat samties i.e. Paraspur and Jhanjhari were purposively selected. 8 technologies viz. wheel hoe, manual rice transplanter, manual seed drill, knapsack sprayer, serrated sickle, manual bund former, maize sheller and ground nut decorticator, were selected for agriculture and 3 technology viz. Rake, Shovel and moving stool were selected for animal husbandry for technological empowerment of farm women through training and intervention. Personal interview technique was used for collecting data. The objective of the present paper was to assess Symbolic adoption of selected drudgery reduction technologies related to agriculture and animal husbandry by the farm women after giving training and intervention of all the above technologies. The result of the symbolic adoption of agriculture technology and animal husbandry reveals that majority of the respondents (85-90%) were satisfied with the use of agriculture technologies i.e. wheel hoe, rice transplanter, manual seed drill, knapsack sparer, manual bund former, serrated sickle, maize sheller and ground nut decorticator. Most of the respondents (91-95%) were satisfied with selected animal husbandry technologies and wanted to use them.