ADOPTION OF SELECTED DRUDGERY REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO AGRICULTURE BY THE FARM WOMEN

The present study was conducted in Gonda district of Uttar Prades. purpose the to know adoption selected drudgery reduction technologies related agriculture by farm women. 100 women were randomly for technological empowerment through training from two purposively panchayat samities. Personal interview technique used collecting data. findings reveal that manual bund former, serrated sickle and maize sheller main majority respondents as indicated higher index (60%). This may be due reason easy use handle, cheap cost, require less effort while operation compared traditional methods. Wheel hoe, seed drill knapsack sprayer other adopted more than half with 47.5- 50 per cent followed rice transplanter ground nut decorticator 35-43 percent.