Gender Participation and Technology Use in Turmeric Production System

Survey was carried out regarding basic information, gender participation, time spent on various activities and technology usages and satisfaction for different activities in turmeric field. Important role of farm women in turmeric cropping system in Maharashtra, India was found in planting rhizomes,...

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Published in:Current Agriculture Research Journal 2019-08, Vol.7 (2), p.165-170
Main Authors: Zend, Jayshree P., Revanwar, Manjusha S., Gaikwad, Swati S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Aquatic plants
Cleaning
Cooking
Cropping systems
Farms
Fertilizer application
Fertilizers
Gender
Harvest
Harvesting
Irrigation
Manures
Participation
Planting
Rhizomes
Technology
Weeds
Workloads
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Summary:Survey was carried out regarding basic information, gender participation, time spent on various activities and technology usages and satisfaction for different activities in turmeric field. Important role of farm women in turmeric cropping system in Maharashtra, India was found in planting rhizomes, clearing weeds cleaning activities. Ploughing, forming ridges and irrigation are performed and solely by male farmers. Participation of farm women in earthing up activity was 85%and it was followed by fertilizer application (83%). Majority of the activities such as planting, earthing up, harvesting in turmeric production system were performed manually. Data on time spent by the female workers in performing different activities in turmeric production system indicated that, maximum time consuming activity was hand weeding (84 man days/ season) followed by earthing up (63 man days/ season) and cutting, sorting and cleaning roots (each of 56 days/ season). No implement or machine is used by them for earthing up activity due to lack of awareness and availability. Study revealed urgent need of development of technologies for performing these activities.
ISSN:2347-4688
2321-9971
DOI:10.12944/CARJ.7.2.04