Adoption Level of Rural Women about Storage Structure and Practices for Storing Grains
. Antim
Department of Extension Education, ANDUA & T Faizabad, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India.
R. K. Doharey
Department of Extension Education, ANDUA & T Faizabad, 224229, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Manoj Kumar
SMS Agricultural Extension KVK Belipar, Gorakhpur, India.
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Abstract
The study was carried out during the year 2013-2014 in the Faizabad district because of its location nearer to the university campus. Out of 11 Community Development(CD) Blocks in Faizabad, the Sohaval block was selected purposively 4 villages were selected randomly for this study. A complete list of all the farmers in the selected village was prepared based on 4 categories i.e. marginal, small, medium, and large. A sample of 100 respondents was selected from said categories through proportionate random sampling techniques and the author herself collected data with help of the presented interview schedule. The results of the study depicted majority of respondents (95%) were found to be adopting gunny bags. None of the respondents was found to be adopting modern storage structures. The majority of the respondent (59%) were found to have a medium level of adoption of food grain storage structure. The maximum number of respondents (50%) were having a medium level of adoption of food grain treatment. The maximum number of respondents (72%) was found in the medium level of the overall average adoption score category.
Keywords: Food grain, adoption, grain storage, modern storage structures