Author(s):

Aastha Khatri, Sangeeta Sharma and Anjali Juyal

Abstract: The present study was carried out in purposively selected four villages in Sri Ganganagar and Sri Karanpur Panchayat Samities of Sri Ganganagar district with the objective to study the adoption of post-harvest practices of Kinnow (Citrus Deliciosa) by farm women in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan<strong>.</strong> The total sample consisted of 100 farm women selected from four villages of selected Panchayat Samities. Personal interview technique was used for data collection. Frequency, percentage and mean per cent scores were used for analysis of data. The findings revealed that the overall MPS of adoption was poor (28.80). Component wise adoption of post –harvest practices showed that respondents had medium level of adoption in plucking (56.5MPS) &amp; grading (35.0MPS). In other activities like washing &amp; cleaning (26.0MPS), packaging (22.72MPS), storage (19.71MPS), marketing (11.14MPS), transportation (9.0MPS) respondents had low level of adoption.

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