Study on Training Needs of Farm Women on Food Grain Storage Practices in Pune District (Maharashtra)

The study of training needs of farm women regarding food-grains storage practices revealed that majority 65.89 per cent of the farm women were of opinion that training is more important in respect of use of scientific storage structures. Ninety eight per cent of farm women expressed that training should be conducted at village level, while 1.77 per cent expressed that training should be organized at taluka place. Large majority i.e. 78.24 per cent of farm women preferred one day training whereas 21.76 per cent of them suggested that training should be organized for 2 to 3 days. Nearly 50.58 per cent of farm women suggested that training should be organized by Panchayat Samiti, 27.66 per cent suggested to be organized by Agricultural Department and 21.76 per cent were of opinion by Agricultural Universities. Experience in storage of food grains was significant at 0.05 per cent level while education, size of land, social participation, crops to be grown and knowledge of storage of food grains were significant at 0.01 per cent level whereas age, caste, family size, annual income, social ranks in family were not significant with training needs.