A Study on Affordable Homestead Implements for Stress Reduction on Body Parts amongst Farm Workers of Khammam District, India

The rural populations consisting of marginal and poor farmers are dependent on labourers for all farm related activities like sowing / planting paddy, harvesting agricultural horticultural produce application pesticides which can be very costly. These also face a lot problems in paddy as it has to done by bending down continuously or during cotton fields drift major health concern different bhendi due its thorny spikes capsaicin content chilies. In view this, KVK, Wyra, Khammam assessed cost effective homestead implements is relentlessly trying popularize them. included use protective clothing pesticides, rolling stem applicator controlling sucking pest cotton, knitted gloves plucking chilli finger guard plucking. simple cost-effective helped women drudgery reduction, ergonomic stress various body parts, improved work efficiency, decreased labour allergies. Protective reduced itching, irritation, skin allergies, burning, vomiting, headache faintness over month’s time, was ecofriendly the amount chemicals, bruising repeated damage fingers guard. reduction parts automatically efficiency among workers.