Profile Of Farm Women And Constraints Faced  By Them In Participation Of Farm And Allied  Activities

Shital Girade; Yashwant Shambharkar

Volume : I, Issue : XII, September - 2012

Profile Of Farm Women And Constraints Faced By Them In Participation Of Farm And Allied Activities

Shital Girade, Yashwant Shambharkar

Abstract :

The findings of the study indicate that 42.50 per cent of women educated up to high school level. About 31.67 per cent of respondents had 2.01 to 4.00 ha. of land holding, above half (51.66%) of women respondents had annual income in the range of Rs. 75,000/– to 1,50,000/–. Over half of the respondents (54.17%) had medium category of family size and (56.67%) were from nuclear type of family. Majority (70.84%) of the respondents had medium level of farming experience and above two third (67.50%) had spent moderate time in farm and allied activities. Women respondents in higher proportion (64.17%) had an access to the sources of information to medium extent.The major constraints in participation of farm women in farm and allied activities were lack of technical knowledge about farming activities, frequent health problem, secondary status in decision making, poor economic condition and burden of family work.