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 |
The present study is intended to evaluate the awareness levels of the contagion virus Covid 19 among farm women in rural areas of Munagala Mandal of Suryapet District, including their attitude and understanding of lock down taken in their lives. A well-structured questionnaire was designed to collect data in two parts of a: General Information, b: awareness on the virus and status of farm activities during lockdown etc. A total number of 75 active farm women from 5 belonging to Munagala Mandal of Suryapet district were studied. Out of 75 farm women nearly 55 percent of Members are in middle age group (53.33%) with Middle / high School (53%) and majority (69%) of them belongs to small families. Cent percent (100%) of the farm women understood that Covid is a virus born disease and the main symptoms caused by this virus are cough and fever. It is witnessed that farm activities during lockdown have been cut down due to the effect of virus resulting only two (vegetables and fodder) types of crops were sown in lock down periods in a small area (50 acres) of farm lands along with the storage problems of the harvested produce as they can store them at homes only for 1 -2 months prompting the essentiality to address the requirement community storage facilities at village /Mandal levels.
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