Technology to Reduce Farmwomen’s Drudgery While Milking: A revolving Stool.

Abstract

In Uttaranchal, majority of the rural women are involved in dairy activities. Out of all dairy activities, milking of animal is the most commonly performed activity. Milking of animals is found much drudgery prone activity for the rural women. To reduce the drudgery of the squatting posture, which is adopted by women while milking, a stress reducing device i.e. revolving stool was developed and tested to reduce physiological stress and strain. The result indicated that physiological strain was significantly reduced and revolving stool was readily accepted by all farmwomen engaged in milking activity as it reduced intensity of body pain.