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A CRITICAL STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF HOMESTEAD TECHNOLOGIES OF RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (RAU) BY RURAL WOMEN OF BIHAR STATE

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Title A CRITICAL STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF HOMESTEAD TECHNOLOGIES OF RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (RAU) BY RURAL WOMEN OF BIHAR STATE
 
Creator VEENITA KUMARI
 
Contributor VASANTHA, R
 
Subject ADOPTION, HOMESTEAD, TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURAL, UNIVERSITY, RURAL, WOMEN, BIHAR STATE
 
Description An ex-post facto research study was carried out on the title “A Critical Study on the
Adoption of Homestead technologies of Rajendra Agricultural University (RAU) By Rural
Women of Bihar State” to study knowledge, attitude and extent of adoption of Homestead
technologies of RAU by rural women of Bihar and also to unearth problems in generation,
dissemination and adoption of Homestead technologies.
After pre-testing, nine Homestead technologies viz. Fruit & Vegetable preservation,
Stitching & Embroidery, Value Addition to Garments, Arts & Craft Making, Value added
products from Cereals & pulses, Mushroom production, Value added mushroom products,
Vermicompost technology and Apiculture were finally selected to study the adoption of
Homestead technologies of RAU by the rural women. The study included three dependent
variables viz. knowledge, attitude and extent of adoption and eighteen independent
variables- age, education, family size, occupation, family income, family support,
information source utilization, economic motivation, scientific orientation, innovativeness,
perceived attributes of Homestead technologies, value orientation, risk orientation, input
availability, rural customs, market intelligence, institutional support and socio-capital
aspects. The findings of the study showed that the respondents had medium level of overall
personal, socio-economic, communicational, psychological and situational profile
characteristics. Majority (65.78%) of the respondents possessed medium level of knowledge
on Homestead technologies of RAU. Majority of them had medium level of knowledge on
stitching & embroidery, value added products from cereals & pulses, mushroom production,
vermicompost and apiculture technology while majority of them had low level of
knowledge on fruit & vegetable preservation, value addition to garments, art & craft making
and value added products from mushroom technology. None of them had high knowledge
level on these technologies. Majority (65.78%) of the respondents had favourable attitude
towards Homestead technologies of RAU. More than half (53.33%) of the respondents had
medium level of adoption of Homestead technologies. Majority of the respondents were
found not to adopt six technologies out of the nine selected Homestead technologies. Out of
them a small percentage of the respondents were found to discontinue these technologies
except Value Addition to Garments and Value Added Mushroom Products. The variables age, education, information source utilization, innovativeness, input
availability, rural customs, market intelligence and institutional support of the respondents
were significantly related with knowledge level of the respondents.
Education, family support, information source utilization, scientific orientation,
innovativeness, perceived attributes of Homestead technologies and input availability were
positively significant with the attitude of the respondents towards Homestead technologies
of RAU.
Age, occupation, family income, information source utilization, economic motivation,
innovativeness, input availability, rural customs, market intelligence and institutional
support of the respondents were significantly associated with the extent of adoption of
Homestead technologies.
Multiple linear analysis showed that only five variables education, information source
utilization, input availability, rural customs and market intelligence were positively and
statistically significant with the knowledge level of the respondents on Homestead
technologies.
The variables information source utilization, scientific orientation and input availability
were positively significant for attitude of rural women towards Homestead technologies of
RAU.
The variables occupation, information source utilization and rural customs were positively
significant to explain the adoption behaviour of the respondents.
The major problems expressed by the University Scientists were- excessive work load, lack
of adequate fund, lack of adequate laboratories, lack of interdisciplinary approach in
conducting research, lack of support and coordination among faculties and with higher
authorities, lack of knowledge and unfavourable attitude of rural people towards these
technologies. The solutions to these problems opined by them were to lessen the work load,
release of adequate fund for research and laboratory set up, conducting multi disciplinary
research, developing support and coordination among faculties and with higher authorities, educating and imparting proper training to rural women and motivating rural people to
develop positive attitude.
The major problems expressed by the Extension Scientists were- inadequate and untimely
release of fund, lack of transport and mobile unit facilities, insufficient deployment of SMSs
and other staff, excessive work load, illiteracy of rural women, high cost of some of the
technologies and taste of some value added products not liked by rural people. The
solutions to these problems given by them were- release of adequate and timely fund,
providing sufficient vehicles for field visits, recruitment to the vacant posts, lessen the work
load and developing low cost Homestead technologies.
The major problems stated by the respondents were- poor family income, less number of
trainings conducted, too short duration of the training, lack of awareness among rural
women about these technologies, lack of knowledge about these technologies,
unavailability of input materials, difficulty in selling the products, lack of food labelling &
quality certification, middlemen exploitation, lack of subsidy, no buy-back policy and lack
of Government encouragement. The solutions given by the respondents were- conducting
regular training with sufficient time duration, making inputs accessible within the village,
University and other development institutions assistance in marketing the produce and
obtaining food labels and quality assurance certificate, subsidy, buy-back policy and
encouragement from the State Government.
Appropriate strategies were formulated to improve the adoption rate of Homestead
technologies and to overcome the problems faced by the Scientists, extension personnel and
respondents at generation, dissemination and adoption of Homestead technologies.
 
Date 2016-09-14T10:03:12Z
2016-09-14T10:03:12Z
2014
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/76540
 
Language en
 
Relation D9709;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher PROFESSOR JAYSHANKAR TELENGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD