KNOWLEDGE OF RESPONDENTS ON SELECTED LEMON BASED PRESERVED PRODUCTS

The Persian name of lemon is ‘Limu' akin to the original Sanskrit word ‘Nimbuka' meaning the varieties of lemons. It is from here that the word lemon has been derived- as is believed. The lemon grows in subtropical climates all over the world. The study was conducted in Haryana state by selecting two villages from each of the selected block at random. A sample of 200 respondents i.e. 50 from each village was drawn at random to assess existing knowledge of rural women. 32.0 per cent respondents had knowledge to preserve fruits and vegetables for adding variety to food before exposure while majority of respondents (98.0%) had knowledge to preserve fruits and vegetables for avoiding spoilage after post-exposure. Most of the respondents (55.0%) had knowledge about freezing method to preserve fruits and vegetables at pre-exposure stage while 99.0 per cent respondents had knowledge about freezing, drying, fermentation and use of sugar methods at post-exposure stage.