Knowledge of Improved and Scientific Foodgrains Storage Practices Adopted by Farm Women of Pune District, India

The traditional methods practiced by the farm women reveals that 24.70 per cent of farm women used gunny bags to keep the foodgrains air tight, while 38.23 percent followed practice of proper dunnage. Majority of farm women (96.47 per cent) used neem leaves for storage of foodgrains, while 38.23 per cent had taken care to control rodents. The knowledge about improved and scientific foodgrains storage practices revealed that 72.94 per cent of farm women had medium level of knowledge and 20.58 per cent had less knowledge about the scientific practices to be followed for storage of foodgrains.