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Kaur, Gurupdesh
- Impact of Child Care Strategies on Health and Nutritional Status of Children in Peri-urban Punjab
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra,moga, Punjab, IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Moga, Punjab, IN
3 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala, Punjab, IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra,moga, Punjab, IN
2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Moga, Punjab, IN
3 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala, Punjab, IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 539-543Abstract
The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of child care strategies on health and nutritional status of children in Peri-urban Punjab. The sample consisted of 920 children (aged 1-3 years) belonging to low socio-economic status families. The sample was further sub-divided into two sub-samples namely children of working mothers (n=460) and children of non-working mothers (n=460). The sample of children of working mothers was further sub-divided on the basis of the various child-care strategies observed for the care of the child during working mother's absence. Accordingly, four child-care settings were observed namely care by grandparents (n=200), siblings (n=160), adults other than grandparents (n=45) and anganwadi workers (n=55). Anthropometric measurements i.e. body weight (kg) and height (cm), head and chest circumference (cm) were taken of each child to assess his/her physical development and nutritional status of the infants. Nutritional status was assessed as per Gomez and Waterlow's classification. The results revealed that the physical development outcomes of children cared by non working mothers were significantly better than children cared by working mothers. Prevalence of Grade-II malnutrition was higher in children of working mothers. Situation was worst in cases where children were cared by preteen siblings.Keywords
Child Care Strategies, Working Mothers, Socio-economic Status
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- Problems and Prospects of Women Entrepreneurship in Punjab
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Moga, panjab, IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Moga, panjab, IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 9, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 174-177Abstract
The present investigation was conducted with an objective to study the problems and prospects of women entrepreneurship in Punjab. The sample consisted of 60 women entrepreneurs running an enterprise independently or in partnership with other women. The study was conducted in three districts of Punjab namely Moga, Ludhiana and Patiala. The data were collected through a pretested interview schedule. The results revealed that there was a lack of education and technical knowledge among women. Majority of women were engaged in garment construction and enrichment. Women prefer to convert their homely activities into an enterprise. Supplementation of family income and utilization of financial assistance by various government departments were the major motivating factors encouraging the women to be entrepreneurs. It is clearly evident from the results that family ties, problems of marketing and finance, lack of education and technical guidance were the major obstacles in running a successful enterprise. However, despite of the series of problems women want to continue their challenging role as an entrepreneur.Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Women, Problems, Prospects- Mitigating Drudgery of Farm Women through Technology Intervention in Rural Punjab
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
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International Journal of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, Vol 4, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 43-47Abstract
With growing concerns and realization on the need for empowering women in agriculture, focus has been on developing core competencies in the area of general issues in agriculture, skill development of stake holders and inclusion of women perspective as in-built component in agricultural research. Keeping these points in mind the present investigation was planned to mitigate drudgery of farm women in agricultural operations. The study was conducted in villages of 3 districts namely Patiala, Barnala and Sangrur of Punjab State. A sample of 90 farm women in the age group of 20-45 years who were involved in various agricultural operations were selected for this study. A self structured and pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data. Field investigations were also made to observe the farm activities of women. The results revealed that participation of farm women was higher in activities like grain storage, manual harvesting, picking of vegetables and animal dung collection and its disposal. Awareness level of participants regarding drudgery reduction tools was very low before trainings. After trainings, female labourers had 78.2 per cent gain in drudgery reduction techniques.Keywords
Rural Women, Agriculture, Farm Activities, Drudgery Reduction Tools, Technology Intervention.References
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- Role of Women in Vegetable Production in Distict Patiala
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 11, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 335-340Abstract
The present study was carried out to find role of women in vegetable production area of Patiala. KVK, Patiala develops technical models for poverty alleviation, sustainable and equitable development and raise the income and quality of people by providing them training in various aspects of agriculture to supplement food and income. This study was conducted in five villages i.e. Khokh, Birarwal, Saholi, Binaheri and Gunike of district Patiala during 2014. Thirty female respondents each of the selected from four villages were interviewed. The results of the personal characteristics showed that majority of respondents were in age group of 20-40 years, 14 per cent of the total respondents were educated, 87 per cent of the respondents were landless labours. Education and adoption of vegetable growing practices were positively correlated. The results further showed that 95 per cent of the respondents engaged in picking of vegetables and 88 per cent invoved in sowing of vegetables at farmer's fields. Major constraints in vegetable production found in the study were lack of capital, credit availability and lack of marketing facilities.Keywords
Women, Vegetable, Role, Production, Participation, Constraint.- Economic Empowerment of Rural Women of Patiala Through Skill Development and Group Dynamics
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala (Punjab), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 12, No 2 (2017), Pagination: 565-569Abstract
Home science component of Krishi Vigyan Kendras organize skill development trainings under the aegis of ICAR throughout India for the upliftment of rural women. These trainings are geared towards the needs of rural women in a particular context keeping in view their social needs, culture and geographic realities. The present study was carried out to assess the economic empowerment of rural women of Patiala through skill development and group dynamics. One hundred and twenty four respondents participated in the study. Primary data were collected through interview schedule during the year 2016. Results reveal that about 80% of the respondents improved their skills in stitch and needle craft while 87% respondents contributed to family income. Seventy per cent respondents agreed that they have better leadership and communication skills after skill development. Findings indicated that organizing women into self-help groups was a relevant strategy for empowering them, as poor women demonstrated a strong tendency to derive strength from being a member of the group. The intervention of KVK had a positive impact on functional status of self help groups. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala was able to find a perfect fit between skills, resources available, technological options and marketing avenues.Keywords
Skill Development, Group Dynamics, Self-Help Groups, Rural Women, Empowerment Indicators.References
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- Kaur, Charanjit and Garg, Lavleesh (2017). Impact of KVKs Home Science Training Programmes. Internat. J. Home Sci. Extn. & Comm. Manage, 4(1):23-29.
- Kaur, Gurupdesh and Sodhi, G.P.S. (2013). Socio-economic empowerment of rural women through marketing linkages: Interventions of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Patiala in proceedings of International Conference on Women, peace and security by Punjabi University, Patiala, ISBN: 978-81-302-0240-2, pp 256-262.
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- Corelation of Mental Health Across Different Dimensions of Percieved Problems of Rural Adolescents
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1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab ., IN
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab ., IN