Training Needs of the Farm Women in Storage of Food Grains and their Constraints

In order to study the training needs of the farm women and their constraints, 120 farm women were selected randomly from Raigad district ofKonkan region. The special designed schedule was used for collection of data. The data were collected for the year 2009. The qualitative data were quantified using suitable statistical tools. 55.00 per cent of the farm women were of opinion that training was needed more in respect of use of fumigants at stored place' followed by 'use of preventive measures at stored place (46.67 %), identification of stored grain pest, its nature of damage and control measures (40.00 %). Major constraints faced by the respondents in food grain storage practices were, high cost of improved storage structure (85.00 %), lack of knowledge on identification of stored grain pest (69.16%), unavailability of different storage structures (56.66 %).