Among the agricultural operation, weeding is crucial activity which involves lot of drudgery. The three tined hand hoe (grubber weeder) is one of the improved hoe developed by CIAE, Bhopal for weeding and intercultural in vegetable crops. It is long handled weeding tool and can be easily maneuvered between the rows and around the plants. The present study was conducted in vegetable fields on 15 farm women within the age group of 21-45 years in district of Shajapur (M.P.), having normal blood pressure, body temperature and not suffering from any chronic illness. The objective of the trial was to analyze the efficiency of grubber weeder to reduce the drudgery among the farm women. Before conducting the demonstration, training on drudgery reducing equipments was imparted to farm women. Ergonomic cost of work was assessed by heart rate, energy expenditure (EER), overall discomfort ratio (ODR), working depth, and working width. ODR was calculated on 5-point scale ranging from 1-5. Working width and depth was calculated in inches. Results show that mean heart rate during work in operation of this weeder s that is local weeder and grubber weeder were 98.5 and 111 beats/min, respectively. EER was 6.94 and 8.72 Kj/min. Working depth 13 and 21/mm. Working width 100 and 165/mm. Total drudgery reduction 61.8%. The study thus recommend the weeder use of grubber weeder among the farmwomen which may ultimately helps is raising the production of the crop by reducing the fatigue among farmwomen.

Keyword: Drudgery reduction; Three tined hand hoe (grubber weeder); Farm women; Weeder.