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Seasonwise Employment and Income of Female Labourers in Amravati District


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1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), India
     

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Investigation was undertaken to est imate the socio-economic status, seasonality of employment and contribution of female labourers in the total family income considering soybean, cotton, pigeonpea in Kharif season and chiekpea and wheat in Rabi season. For these, total 120 samples were studied considering large, medium, small, marginal farmers and landless labourers. The employment days were observed more in landless labourers. Income earned by the female landless labourers was highest as compared to most of the females of farmers families group.

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Female Labourer, Employment Days and Income.
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Authors

D. D. Munda
Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), India
U. S. SHINGANE
Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), India
A. O. Tripathi
Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati (M.S.), India

Abstract


Investigation was undertaken to est imate the socio-economic status, seasonality of employment and contribution of female labourers in the total family income considering soybean, cotton, pigeonpea in Kharif season and chiekpea and wheat in Rabi season. For these, total 120 samples were studied considering large, medium, small, marginal farmers and landless labourers. The employment days were observed more in landless labourers. Income earned by the female landless labourers was highest as compared to most of the females of farmers families group.

Keywords


Female Labourer, Employment Days and Income.