Participation of Tribal Women in Decision  Making in Agriculture

Jyoti M. Patil; Y. B. Shambharkar; Suvarna A. Ingole; S. N. Rajput

Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Participation of Tribal Women in Decision Making in Agriculture

Jyoti M. Patil, Y. B. Shambharkar, Suvarna A. Ingole, S. N. Rajput

Abstract :

The present study was conducted in Chikhaldara tahsil (Melghat) of Amravati district in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra State. This area was purposively selected for the study regarding decision making behavior of tribal women, because 76.00 per cent population of Korku tribe belonging to this region. A list of tribal women from randomly selected villages was prepared. They were arranged alphabetically and thus total 120 tribal women were selected randomly as respondents for the study. The findings revealed that more than half (52.50%) of the respondents had medium extent of participation, while 26.67 per cent and 20.83 per cent of the respondents had high and low extent of participation in decision making in farming. In the present study an exploratory research design of social research was used.