Value Added Products of Pearl Millet Foods: Adoption and Acceptability by Rural Women
D. V. Singh *
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tonk, Rajasthan, India
Priyanka Chand
ITM University, Gwalior, M.P., India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Investigations were carried out to assess the sensory evaluation (organoleptic tests) and adoption feasibility of different pearl millet products among rural women. Study was conducted in Tonk district of Rajasthan state. Total 25 rural women of Sangrampura, Khandawa, Harbhamata, Palai and Damodarpura villages were purposively selected for this study. Results indicate that on the basis of comparative sensory evaluation and rank wise preferential choice of pearl millet products, majority of women accepted ladoo (mean score 2.68) and shakarapare (mean score 2.50) which got rank I and II and salty products ranked III and IV. Overall adoption feasibility of these products was 79 per cent which means high level of adoption of these products.
Keywords: Value addition, pearl millet, organoleptic tests, adoption feasibility