Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Jyoti Rani and Beena Yadav

Abstract:
The present study on “diffusion of home stead technology among rural women” was conducted on 200 women from four villages i.e. Sundawas, Bichpari, Shikarpur, Shahpur villages from Hisar district of Haryana state adopted during last four years under IAHS programme of College of Home Science.. The dependent variables of the respondents were diffusion status, of adopted technologies. Data were collected personally with the help of inventory, schedule and questionnaire and were analyzed by application of frequency, percentages, and other descriptive techniques. Irrespective of the technologies, on an average each IAHS beneficiary who adopted any of the 15 homestead technologies further disseminated the same at least among one woman. Adoption rate of technologies among secondary adopters was maximum for TAD related technologies followed by FN related technology, HDFS related technologies and FRM related technologies.