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Impact of Trainings of Fruits and Vegetable Preservation on the Knowledge and Attitude of Rural Women
Women form the major workforce in agriculture in general. In food processing sector participation of women is substantial particularly upstream activities. Keeping in view of involvement of women in fruits and vegetable processing, the present study was conducted in Jind district of Haryana state. A...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Journal of Krishi Vigyan
2015
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/004650.pdf |
| Summary: | Women form the major workforce in agriculture in general. In food processing sector participation
of women is substantial particularly upstream activities. Keeping in view of involvement of
women in fruits and vegetable processing, the present study was conducted in Jind district of
Haryana state. A total of 200 rural women were selected for the study and training was imparted
on fruits and vegetable preservation of 12 products. These findings revealed that there was
great difference between pre- and post- training exposure, mean score of knowledge and attitude
was highly significant. Maximum numbers of respondents has knowledge of products with
their ingredients and methods of preparation and also have significant knowledge of precaution
while making these products. Most of the respondents have positive attitude to start processing
unit at a small scale as it is easy to manage small enterprise at village level. |
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| Item Description: | Special Issue on Women Empowerment |
| Physical Description: | p.59-61 2015, 3(Special Issue) : |