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Traditional post-harvest operations of millets and drudgery of women

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Title Traditional post-harvest operations of millets and drudgery of women
 
Creator Chapke, Rajendra R
Burukasri, Kanthi Sri
Muppidi, Spanditha
 
Subject Drudgery of women
Ergonomic parameters
Minor millets
Post-harvest operations
Traditional practice
 
Description 805-811
Traditional post-harvest activities in agriculture are mostly done by women and are most drudgerious. The study mainly
attempted to identify post-harvest operations of millets and determine level of drudgery of women farmers while doing by
traditional methods and improved practices. Total 32 women respondents were selected from different age groups and social
strata from traditional millet growing area. The post-harvest operations of millets performed by the women were; threshing,
winnowing, drying, flour making and flatbread making. The ergonomic parameters of these operations with traditional
methods were compared with improved methods using machines. The results revealed that the level of drudgery realized in
performing the five identified operations with improved practices was considerably reduced by 35 to 87% than the
traditional practices done by the women farmers. Among the five, both threshing and flour making were assessed to be
moderate consumption of energy under improved methods. Making flatbread by using power-operated machine helped them
to reduce their drudgery level from high (DI=78.97) with traditional method to moderate level (DI=58.51). It was observed
that if operation-wise appropriate machine and operational skill was given to hand the machineries; their drudgery would be
reduced, the work output and their efficiency would be enhanced and thereby, boosted-up consumption of the millets and
their health.
 
Date 2024-08-22T06:39:51Z
2024-08-22T06:39:51Z
2024-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64430
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i8.13123
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A01D 34/00, A01F 5/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(8) [August 2024]