Ergonomic Evaluation of Drudgery Load Faced by Farm Women in Wheat Harvesting

A study was conducted in Ratlam distict of Madhya Pradesh. Naveen, Vaibhav and Local sickle evaluated for harvesting wheat crop with 30 farm women. Harvesting is a main drudgery prone activity which is mostly done by farm women and to solve this problem Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ratlam, as per its mandate conducted front line demonstration on “Improved Sickle” in wheat Harvesting. A technically prepared serrated sickle and Vaibhav sickle was tested on farm women to improve work efficiency and to reduce the drudgery of women.