APPENDIX - VII
APPENDIX - VII ANALYTICAL DATA OF SURVEY CONDUCTED: (Average)

APPENDIX - VII

Analytical, Data of Survey Conducted: (Average)

1.     Experience in Mat weaving        :        12 years

2.     Percentage of women in the profession        :        100

3.     Age of Farm women    :    32

4.     Percentage of Farm women engaged in :        :                      

a) Single layer Mat weaving

b) Double layer Mat weaving

5.     Time required for mat weaving              :        18 hrs/mat

6.     Season for weaving        :        Round the year

7.     Peak period of production        :        June to AUGUST (South West Monsoon)
8.     Cost of raw materials        :        Rs.23/-per mat

9.     Price fetches        :        Rs.30/- per mat

10.   Involvement of Co-operative activities        :        Nil

11.   Percentage of cases possessing own Pandanus

        plants sufficient to meet their annual        :        12                   

12.   Percentage of Farm families fully depending

        in this sector for their livelihood        :        20

13    Literary standard (in percentage)

           a) Graduates           :           1.2              

b) Under Graduates                                :                                3.0

c) Matriculate                                :                                7.6

d) School level                                :                                21.8

e) With no formal education                    :                    66.4

14.   Presence of organizational efforts         :        Nil

15.   Proficiency in weaving        :        Average

16.   Knowledge about general farming         :        Very low

17.   Knowledge about Pandanus cropping         :        Low

18.   Willingness for modified products        :        Willing

19.   Knowledge in marketing        :        Low               

20.   Chief constraints pointed out   :                      

Number of farm families contacted

                        a)                                Scarcity of raw materials

                                b)                                Decline in Pandanus population

                                c)                                Increasing cost of raw materials                                          d)                                 Low prices offered

 

                                e)                                Influx of intermediaries influence

                                f)                                Lack of capital

                                g)                                 Lack of any mechanical support

                                h)                                Lack of any Govt. support

                                i)                                Lack of guidance

                                j)                                Lack of approved market points in the

21.   Number of farm families contacted        :        367