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Perception of Biophysical Stresses Confronted by the Farm Women: The Socio-economic and Ecological Interpretation

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  • Chatterjee, Riti
  • Acharya, Sankar Kumar

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The impact of the green revolution in India has got a dichotomy of both achievements as well as failure. The four pillars of green revolution have contributed to accentuating the productivity level from 55 MT to 120 MT, on the other hand, the fall out of green revolution started eliciting the pernicious effect by increasing heavy metal load in the food chain, drifting of manual labours off the field and the creation of chasms between marginal and rich farmers. The worst victim of these is farm women. A study was conducted with objectives to generate classified information on the occupational hazards of farm women. A study was carried out at Boinchigram village under Pandua Block in Hooghly district of West Bengal with one hundred twenty farm women as respondents. Family income, B.M.I., functional literacy, total calorie consumption used etc variables were taken for collecting data. Farm women are mainly suffering from fever, stomach problems, skin abnormalities, weakness, gynaecological problems, respiratory hazards, kidney malfunction, spinning head, increased heartbeat etc. Total calorie consumed per day and family income plays an important role in this. So, both preventive and curative measures should be taken immediately, otherwise, it will affect the future workforce of Agriculture.

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  • Chatterjee, Riti & Acharya, Sankar Kumar, 2020. "Perception of Biophysical Stresses Confronted by the Farm Women: The Socio-economic and Ecological Interpretation," Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, vol. 38(4).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ajaees:357769
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