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- Role of Women in Agriculture as Farmer and Labour : An Empirical Evidences of Farm Women Involvement in Agriculture Operations in Jaipur District of Rajasthan State
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1 Department of Agriculture Economics, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 Agri-Business Division, NAARM, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
1 Department of Agriculture Economics, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 Agri-Business Division, NAARM, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 12, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 409-414Abstract
The present paper aimed to investigate the total number of days spent by women in agriculture during a year and time spent for different agricultural operations in both Rabi and Kharif seasons in Jaipur district of Rajasthan State. The study was based on random sampling method for the year 2012-2013. To ascertain the objective primary data were collected by conducting personnel interview method with help of schedules specially developed for the purpose. The study revealed that major proportion (more than 90.00 %) of the respondents participated in activities like application of fertilizers, manuring, intercultural operations, harvesting, threshing, winnowing, transportation and storage of produce. The findings also reveals in both Rabi and Kharif the maximum percentage time spent (23-26 %) was in intercultural operations as a single activity followed by harvesting. Out of all the major activities least time was spent on nursery bed, seed bed preparation and transplanting during both Kharif and Rabi season. Further, the study also indicates that the total number of average hours spent per day was 5.17 in Kharif and 5.47 in Rabi season. However, the total number of hours of work per day varied according to the nature of agricultural activities being performed by them. Hence, the study suggest that despite the fact that though women contribute more in agriculture/farm related activities than men, their involvement in decision making process is extreme disadvantage in terms of rights, pay and participation in local producers organizations. The main cause for this situation is due lack of empowerment which has repeatedly fallout in negative externalities such as poor health and less or no education for women in farm families. Thus, the study suggest that future strategies should framed in such way that women would be actively involved in farm decision process both at the government and household level.Keywords
Farm Women, Agricultural Operations, Household, Women, Harvesting.
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1 College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
1 College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), IN
2 National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), IN
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Agriculture Update, Vol 12, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 502-508Abstract
Changing pattern in food consumption and calorie intake has captured great attention among researchers and policy makers for a long time in India. Increasing preferences towards non-food from food items and from low to high value foods is evident in last three decades. NSS survey reveals that, share of consumption expenditure on food items had declined from 64.0 per cent in 1977-78 to 53.6 per cent in 2009-10 in rural India. In urban India, it was 56.4 per cent and 40.7 per cent, respectively during the periods (NSSO, 2010).Keywords
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