Paddy parboiling unit an appropriate post hatvest technology for farmwomen

Paddy parboiling is a tedious, time consuming and drudgerous activity. Thus, it reduces the drudgery of farmwomen. The technology developed by the ICAR scientist was used for this purpose. For the use of this technology by the farmwomen, skill development training were organized for them. The respon...

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Published inIndian Farming (India) Vol. 58; no. 12
Main Authors Agarwal, Suman, Patra, Dhairitri, Bhue, Anil Kumar
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LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.2009
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Summary:Paddy parboiling is a tedious, time consuming and drudgerous activity. Thus, it reduces the drudgery of farmwomen. The technology developed by the ICAR scientist was used for this purpose. For the use of this technology by the farmwomen, skill development training were organized for them. The responses of the farmwomen regarding the suitability and efficiency of this technology revealed that the technology saves their time, money and energy and at the same time gives more output. The product obtains is of better quality thus, fetches more economic return. They found more economic return. They found it suitable in village situation. Hence, the technology not only reduces the drudgery of farmwomen but at the same time provide scope for taking up income generation activity in agro processing.
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