National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Agriculture is the primary source of employment for women in most of the developing countries. In India 27 crore of women are engaged in agriculture in rural sector. The present study was conducted in UAS campus Raichur on a sample of 10 agricultural workers for estimation of physiological cost selected subject for three types of weeders. Anthropometric kit was used for measuring body dimensions and strength parameter, physiological cost estimation done by measuring heart rate, oxygen consumption rate and energy expenditure rate. The mean stature and weight of female subjects ranged 150.85 cm and 52.6 kg respectively. The mean work pulse (ΔHR) of all subject for khurpi, CIAE wheel hoe and CAE weeder were 39.59 beats/min, 32.04 beats/min and 23.45 beats/min, respectively. Mean working Oxygen consumption rate for khurpi, CIAE wheel hoe and CAE weeder were 0.664 l/min, 0.586 l/min and 0.525 l/min respectively. The energy expenditure rate was highest for khurpi (13.86 kJ/min) followed by CIAE wheel hoe (11.34 kJ/min) and CAE weeder (10.95 kJ/min). The HR, OCR and EER during weeding were more for khurpi and CIAE wheel hoe followed by CAE weeder. CAE weeder is ergonomical designed it reduces the fatigue and increases the efficiency.
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