Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)
Performance assessment of improved sickle and tubular maize Sheller in context of drudgery of farm women
Author(s): Veena Shahi, Brajesh Shahi and Vikas Kumar
Abstract: The study was planned to reduce the drudgery of farm women by introducing improved sickle and tubular maize sheller for weeding and maize shelling, respectively and was conducted in different blocks of Vaishali district of Bihar on 100 farmers and farm women. The results indicated that the performance of improved sickle was very good and found to be very much accepted by farm women due to its serrated sharp end and less effort for pulling during weeding. Maize sheller was found much better than farmers practices in shelling efficiency (98% vs 87%), labour requirement (5 vs 8 man-hr. /q), shelling capacity (18 vs 9 kg/ h) and damage/ broken grains (1% vs 21%). Majority of farmers perceived that the tubular maize sheller was very much convenient to operate (98%), didn’t require special training (100%), more shelling efficiency over existing practices (100%) with less damage of grains during shelling (98%), and less time and energy was required during shelling (100%). Thus, tubular maize sheller was found much better than their local practices in shelling efficiency, less labour requirement and less broken grains. It has also reduced the health hazards like hand pain, shoulder pain, backache and waist pain in majority of the respondents. Majority of the farm women perceived the improved sickle and tubular maize sheller as most reasonable technology.
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Veena Shahi, Brajesh Shahi and Vikas Kumar. Performance assessment of improved sickle and tubular maize Sheller in context of drudgery of farm women. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 102-104.
