COMMUNICATION AND ADOPTION 3(3+0)

Lesson 42 : Homestead Technologies

Women access to appropriate technologies

The word appropriateness is an adjective which means suitable or proper. Appropriate technology to be understood therefore, refers to technology that may be suitable or proper in context to a particular community, area, region or country. According to Rao (1989) appropriate technology has three dimensions, that is, economic, environmental and social. Hence appropriate technology must contribute the most to the economic, social and environmental objectives of development, having developmental goals, the resource endowment and the conditions of application.

The role of science and technology in accelerating the process of socio-economic development is now accepted as key mover by policy makers, social workers and practitioners of technology however, fruits of technological development are slowly reaching out at house hold level particularly rural households. There is a need to improve the accessibility of appropriate technology to women to facilitate their working conditions. But there are several constraints that operate in transferring these technologies and these have been listed as under:

• Women perform multifarious tasks

• Women face drudgery at work