Diffusion and Awareness of Woman Friendly Farm Tools & Equipment among the Farmers
Jagdeep Singh *
Recap Consultancy LLP, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mamta Kumari
KVK, Junagadh Agricultural University, Pipalia, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Farmers toil day and night to provide food for the world's population, while their social and economic situations deteriorate with each passing day. Indian agriculture is heavily reliant on the monsoon season, which results in abundant agricultural output. Because of a successful monsoon, the agriculture sector has thrived throughout the Covid-19 scenario and has gained about 11 million workers in the previous three years, whereas the other sectors have lost more than 21.7 million jobs in the 2020-21 fiscal years alone. The findings of the literature review revealed that farmers face a wide range of issues, including a lack of mechanization, a lack of irrigation, and lack of working capital etc. An empirical study was conduct to understand whether farmers were aware about the technologies developed by the CAIE, Bhopal & other ICAR institutes in Dhoraji of district Rajkot in Gujarat states. A total of 100 farmers were randomly selected based on convenience to assess the diffusion level & awareness level of technologies among the farmers. The study found that the results were shocking and government has to take prompt actions to increase the awareness and diffusion of technology among the farmers of Dhoraji.
Keywords: Agri-tech, agricultural technology, woman farmer, agriculture, farming, farm-tech, farm technology, women friendly technology, women friendly farm equipment