Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 26 issue 3 & 4 (2007) : 232-234

KNOWLEDGE OF FARM WOMEN REGARDING POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY

J.V. Mande, S.D. Nimbalkar, R.R. Chole
1Department of Extension Education, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, India.
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Cite article:- Mande J.V., Nimbalkar S.D., Chole R.R. (2024). KNOWLEDGE OF FARM WOMEN REGARDING POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 26(3): 232-234. doi: .
The study was conducted in Ahmednagar district of Maharastra state. A large proportion of farm Women were middle aged, illiterate to neo-literate, belonging to medium socio-economic status, had small size of land holding and medium state of modernization they used least information sources and had medium level of Cosmo politeness with low social participat large majority of farm women had low level of Knowledge in storage methods (86 per cent) control measures against Pests(80.67per cent) storage Pests and their nature of damage (80 per cent) ,drying period (67.33 per cent) and low cost storage structures (66.66 per cent) .All the selected independent variables except social participation namely ,age education, socio- economic status, farm size, state of modernization, social participation, sources of information, Cosmo politeness, involvement in farming were found to be related with knowledge of farm women about Post harvest technology, (PHT).
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