Journal of Krishi Vigyan

Agriculture has been established as one of the drudgery prone occupation of unorganized sector due to lack of access to improved agricultural technologies. Weeding is a main drudgery prone activity mostly performed by farm women and to resolve this problem Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kalikiri conducted front line demonstrations on use of three tyne wheel hoe to prove the efficacy of improved weeder in reducing drudgery among women engaged in weeding activity in tomato. Twenty farm women were selected randomly for the study. The main focus was to change the attitude, skill and knowledge towards recommended practices in the work. The women traditionally carried out weeding operation by using tools like hand hoe in squatting and bending position which decrease the work efficiency as time progresses. In the recommended weeding practice i.e. with three tyne wheel hoe, the same amount of work could be done in almost half of the time and work efficiency was increased by 93.8 per cent than normal weeding. Farm women adopted the improved technique as it increased the efficiency to work, reduced the drudgery and helped in avoiding bending or squatting posture. It lessened the exertion and fatigue to make the farm women comfortable.