Adoption of Scientific Grain Storage  Practices and Problems faced by  Farm women in Vidarbha Region of  Maharashtra State

Prerana P. Uikey; Y. B. Shambharkar; Harsha R. Sapdhare

Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Adoption of Scientific Grain Storage Practices and Problems faced by Farm women in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State

Prerana P. Uikey, Y. B. Shambharkar, Harsha R. Sapdhare

Abstract :

The study on �adoption behaviour of farm women about scientific grain storage practices� was conducted in the year 2010– 2011 in Chandur–Railway Panchayat Samiti of Amravati district in Maharashtra state. The sample of study comprised of 120 farm women randomly selected from 12 villages of Chandur– Railway Panchayat Samiti. The findings revealed that highest numbers of respondents (64.17%) were in the middle level in respect of adoption behaviour followed by low level which comprised of 23.33 per cent respondents and only few (12.50%) respondents had high adoption behaviour. The major problems faced by farm women in adoption of scientific grain storage practices were non availability of separate place for storage of grains, dangerous and hazardous nature of chemical control, lack of knowledge about fumigants, lack of information about chemical control of stored grain pest and lack of knowledge of storage pests.