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ENERGY BALANCE OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

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Title ENERGY BALANCE OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
 
Creator RACHANA, S
 
Contributor GEERVANI, P
 
Subject ENERGY, BALANCE, WOMEN, AGRICULTURE,
 
Description Energy has been defined as the power to perform
work. The human body requires energy for the
utilisation of food, performance of physical activities
and for maintenance of body temperature. In order to be
in energy balance which is assumed to be a steady state,
the energy input must equal energy output.
Energy intake and energy expenditure of 25-35
years, non pregnant and non lactating women engaged in
Sorghum farming, Dairy farming and Rice farming in Palem
village, Mahboobnagar District, A.P., was determined for
a period of three days to assess their energy balance.
The daily activities were recorded and energy
expenditure was determined by factorial method. The
food energy value of the diets of each subject was also
determined.
The three day activity assessments showed that
the subjects of all the three groups were active,
spending greater proportion of their time on moderate
and slightly moderate activities and a considerable
amount of time on occupational activities involving
higher energy cost.
Women engaged in Sorghum farming, Dairy farming
and Rice farming were in negative energy balance of -820
Kcal/day, -927 Kcal/day and -1057 Kcal/day,
respectively. Protein in the diet represented 8.6%,
8.5% and 8.8% of the total calories of Sorghum farming,
Dairy farming and Rice farming women respectively. The
energy intake was much lower than that recommended by
ICMR (1981).
The mean total energy intake of Sorghum farming
and Rice farming women were not significantly different
from each other but they were significantly (P
 
Date 2016-08-08T14:43:30Z
2016-08-08T14:43:30Z
1989
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/71570
 
Language en
 
Relation D3173;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD