KNOWLEDGE OF RURAL WOMEN ABOUT DRUDGERY REDUCTION

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to find out the knowledge of rural women
about homestead technologies in Chittorgarh district. The study was conducted in Bhadesar and
Bassi panchayat samities of Chittorgrarh district of Rajasthan state. From each panchayat samiti,
two villages where the homestead technologies have been promoted by the KVK since last five
years were included in the study. The sample consisted of randomly selected 100 rural women,
25 from each village. Personal interview method was used for data collection. Mean per cent
score were used for analysis of data. The knowledge of the respondents about drudgery reduction
component revealed that majority of the respondents (82.03%) possessed good knowledge