KNOWLEDGE OF RURAL WOMEN ABOUT HOMESTEAD TECHNOLOGIES

The objective of the present study was to find out the knowledge of rural women about homestead technologies in Chittorgarh district. The study was conducted in Bhadesar and Bassi panchayat samities of Chittorgrarh district of Rajasthan state. From each panchayat samiti, two villages where the homestead technologies have been promoted by the KVK since last five years were included in the study. The sample consisted of randomly selected 100 rural women, 25 from each village. Personal interview method was used for data collection. Frequency distribution, percentage and mean per cent score were used for analysis of data. The knowledge of the respondents about homestead technologies revealed that majority of the respondents (63%) possessed good knowledge about health care component. However, their knowledge was found to be average in nutrition and environmental sanitation components.