Technology and Training Needs Assessment of Farm Women in Andhra Pradesh


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Authors

  • B Renuka Rani Assistant Director (HRD), MANAGE, Hyderabad
  • B Venkata Rao Research Associate, MANAGE, Hyderabad

Abstract

Women play a significant and crucial role in agricultural production and development processes. They perform a variety of agricultural operations physically, mostly drudgery filled and manage the livestock production activities. Kitchen gardening and poultry keeping are also the exclusive jobs of women, besides home making.

The role of farm women in agricultural development is substantial and their involvement in transfer of technologies is becoming more and more crucial due to the changing socio-economic environment. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the Technology and Training Needs of farm women in the transfer of farm technologies from the laboratories to the land

References

GO!. Census of Agriculture. http://www.agcensus.nic.in

MANAGE (2006). A study on the nature and extent of participation by farm women in the transfer of technology. MANAGE and Dept. of Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad, 2006

USDA. Economic Research Service. http://www.ers.usda.gov

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Submitted

14-05-2019

Published

14-05-2019

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2014)

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How to Cite

Renuka Rani, B., & Venkata Rao, B. (2019). Technology and Training Needs Assessment of Farm Women in Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Agricultural Extension Management, 15(1), 41-52. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/89790