Women in Agriculture

Lesson 36 : Technological Needs of Farm Women

Drudgery Reduction Technologies

• Production of design wear to physically challenged
• Functional clothing for agricultural labour
• Long handled brooms, scrubbing brushes etc. for domestic use
• Improved weeders and harvesters
• Bag for plucking/ picking of vegetables/ fruits/ crop produce
• Solar dryer
• Low cost domestic appliances like hay basket, steam cooker, smokeless chulah
• Single and double pot water trolleys
• Single and double drum paddy row seeders