Context: They work as programmed robots destined for drudgery as they are deprived of technology access, health care access, and employment alternatives. Objective: The present study the acceptance of mechanization in groundnut production system by farmers for drudgery reduction and to enhance the farm income. Method: The study was conducted in groundnut growing villages of Dharwad district during 2021-23. To introduce the mechanization in groundnut production system, the technology package consisted of a saral kurpi, fertilizer trolley, manual and mechanized groundnut strippers, and decorticators was formulated. Further the package was introduced through organizing training programmes to the farming community. The total no. of beneficiaries of these training progrmmes was 100 farm women. Results & Discussion: The results of the pre-test training programme revealed that the farm women had less knowledge regarding improved technologies in groundnut production systems before the training programmes. The post-test scores showed knowledge gain among the farm women with respect to all the technologies. In addition, the majority of the farm women accepted the technology package and opined that these are gender-friendly, drudgery reducing, convenient, and comfortable to use. But only with respect to availability of the tools, the farmers/ farmwomen opined the difficulty in availability of the technologies. The pre-test training programme results showed that prior to the training programmes, the farm women knew less about new technologies in groundnut production systems. The post-test results demonstrated the farm women's increased knowledge of all the technologies. Furthermore, the majority of farm women accepted the technology package and expressed their opinions that it is handy, comfortable, drudgery-reducing, and gender-friendly.

Keyword: Groundnut production, Technology package, Farm women, Drudgery, Acceptability