Agrotechnology

Knowledge level of the farm women about improved food grain storage practices

3^rd International Conference on Agriculture & Horticulture

October 27-29, 2014 Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

Rani Atmaram Kale, K M Chavan and P G Mehta

Accepted Abstracts: Agrotechnol

Abstract:

In order to study the knowledge level of the farm women, 120 farm women were selected randomly from Raigad district of konkan region. The special designed schedule was used for collection of data. The data was collected for the year 2009. The qualitative data were quantified using suitable statistical tools. In an agrarian country like India, women undertakes the major share of farm work and homestead practices. They store food grain by using different storage structures and practices in household. Various technical practices followed by farm women for storage of food grains. The data regarding knowledge about improved food grain storage practices revealed that three fifth (60.00 per cent) of the respondents had medium knowledge. While 17.50 per cent and 22.50 per cent respondents had low and high level of knowledge respectively. Almost all the farm women had knowledge of Prevention of food grain from moisture (100.00 per cent), control measures for stored grain pest on pulses (100.00 per cent) followed by preventive control measures for stored grain pest(99.16 per cent). Only few respondents had knowledge about precautions taken at the time of use of fumigants (11.67 per cent), percentage of the moisture in food grain at the time of storage (6.67 per cent). However, it was observed that only few respondents had knowledge about precautions taken at the time of use of fumigants (11.67 per cent), percentage of the moisture in food grain at the time of storage (6.67 per cent). All the respondents did not knew the name of insecticides. Thus, development worker and extension agencies in the region should undertake suitable strategy to improve knowledge level of stored grain practices those are least known to farm women.