In agriculture, women are typically engaged in labor-intensive, mostly mechanized processes that require a lot of drudgery. Traditionally weeding vegetable crops involves laborious handwork, but innovative tools like the twin wheel hoe offer promising alternatives. These implements not only tackle weeds efficiently also provide surprising benefits for vegetables crop. Study was carried out in districts named Madla and Jabalpur. Demonstration was conducted under Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mandla and Jabalpur Year 2016, 2017 and 2018. A total of 30 farm women were selected for the study. Demonstration conducted with farm women in adopted villages farm women participated in an inter-culture activity on vegetable crops using Twin wheel hoes comparison with the traditional weeding using hand hoe, and Khurpi. This study investigated the impact of using a twin wheel hoe on the weeding efficiency and ergonomic parameters of farm women in Piperpani, Bhapsatola Mandla district Raipura village, Jabalpur district. Specifically, it aimed to measure the reduction in physical strain and fatigue associated with traditional hand weeding methods. Farm women adopted long static postures, which increase the static muscular effort resulting in high physiological cost and less productivity. There is a need to design women friendly tools and equipment as women can comfortably operate these tools and equipment. Use of Improved tools will reduce musculoskeletal disorders and increase the efficiency and there by productivity of the worker. Women using the twin wheel hoe achieved significantly higher weeding efficiency compared to those using a khurpi. Additionally, their energy expenditure, heart rate and total outputwas112.3m2 /ha. Twin wheel hoe with khurpi. indicating reduced drudgery physical stress, Heart Rate (Beats/min),Energy Expenditure (kJ/min.)and labour cost also in weeding activities in vegetable field.

Keyword: Drudgery, Ergonomic; Heart Rate; Weeding; Vegetables; Twin wheel hoe.