Occupational health hazards in harvesting and post harvest activities of turmeric performed by women workers of Odisha

Abstract

Women’s role in harvest and post harvest activities of turmeric can’t be ignored because they work as frontline workers in most of the turmeric growing states in India. They play a major role in the post harvest activities such as sorting, grading, boiling, drying, polishing, grinding etc are being done manually. An attempt was made to study the existing practices and extent of involvement of tribal women in post harvest activities of turmeric crop and to identify the occupational health problems of tribal women in post-harvest activities of turmeric cultivation. This study suggested for further ergonomic evaluation of each activities to recommend suitable interventions of technologies which can help tribal women overcome the physically demanding activities.