Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Dhriti Solanki, Rajshree Upadhyay and Pinki Khateek

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken with the objective to find out the adoption of selected technologies promoted under AICRP on Home Science by the rural women. The study was conducted in Badgoan panchayat samiti of Udaipur district of Rajasthan state. From the panchayat samiti, five villages where the technologies have been promoted by the AICRP since last five year were included in the study. The sample consisted of 100 rural women, 20 from each village. Personal interview technique was used for data collection. Frequency, percentage and mean percent score were used for analysis of the data. The profile of the respondents revealed majority of the respondents (60%) were in the age group of 31-45 years, belonged to OBC caste category (45%), were educated (70%), had agriculture as main family occupation (70%) and belonged to nuclear family (60%). Majority of the respondents (65%) were small and marginal farmers and belonged to low socio-economic status (60%). The finding of the study revealed that in drudgery reduction and protective mask components the respondents had medium adoption with adoption index of 42.66 and 42.33, respectively. In rest of the components viz. vermicompost (12.50%), dying and printing (1.67%), herbal gulal (1.0%) the respondents exhibited poor adoption.