The study conducted in Hubli and Dharwad talukas of Dharwad district during 2002-2003 revealed that drudgery oriented agricultural operations of farm women were transplanting, carrying load on head, weeding, bund formation, harvesting and sowing. In animal husbandry, procurement of fodder, chaffing of fodder and cleaning of cattle shed were highly drudgery prone activities. The physical characteristics like age, height, weight, blood pressure and body temperature of the farmwomen selected for the study were recorded to select the normal and healthy women. The circulatory stress and the physiological work load of farm women were observed to be lower while performing the selected activities with the improved technologies compared to the traditional technologies. The work out put was also higher with the improved technologies except the improved chaff cutter.