Knowledge and Benefits of Irrigation Pipeline Scheme of State Department of Agriculture among Farm Women of Bhilwara District

The objectives of the present study were to study the knowledge and benefits availed by farm women regarding Irrigation Pipeline scheme of State Department of Agriculture and constraints faced by the farm women in availing the benefits of the scheme. The study was conducted in four villages of randomly selected Suwana and Mandal panchayat samities of Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. A sample of 100 farm women was selected randomly for the present study and interview technique was used for data collection. Frequency, percentage, mean per cent scores were used for analysis of data. Results of the study revealed that the respondents were not very well aware about the objectives, provisions, application procedures and documents required to get benefits under the scheme. About half of the respondents (50%) were availing the benefits of the scheme. The major constraints faced by the respondents were require labor to install pipes in the field, requires electricity for operating the pump attached to the pipes, lack of awareness, requires maintenance and repair.