Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing
Year : 2014, Volume : 28, Issue : 3
First page : ( 100) Last page : ( 100)
Print ISSN : 0971-8664. Online ISSN : 2456-8716.

Participation of women in agricultural Activities in Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) area of Udaipur district

Meena G. L., Burark S. S., Singh Hari

Dept. of Agril. Econ., RCA., Udaipur, Rajasthan

Online published on 23 October, 2017.

Summary

The present study was conducted on women participation in agricultural production and marketing activities in the TSP area of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. This study was based on primary data which were collected from 80 households during the year 2012–13. The results of the study revealed that men involved in activities that need physical strength and stamina while women were attached to activities mainly for sustaining livelihood that are invisible and unaccounted. There was a gender gap in sharing the workload attached to different farm operations. Overall farm women labour was used for 4.99 hours which accounted for 45.50 per cent of total labour used (10.93 hours) in different on farm as well as off-farm activities. Per cent utilization of farm women labour was comparatively more in livestock activities (71.71) followed by forest (65.38), crop activities (50.81) and off-farm activities (12.82). The percentage of farm women who were consulted and their opinion considered in the marketing decisions process varied from 27.50 per cent in the marketing of farm produce to 77.50 per cent in the purchase and sale of land. Out of the final decisions taken by farm women on marketing aspects the percentage of household was highest (25 per cent) in the purchase and sale of animals and it was lowest in the purchase and sale of land (10 per cent). The majority of the decisions were taken by family head(men) on the farm in purchase and sale of land (67.14 per cent), purchase and sale of farm machinery & equipments (60 per cent), purchase and sale of animals (56.94 per cent), marketing of farm produce (52.94 per cent), storage of farm produce (50 per cent), and purchase of inputs (48.89 per cent). Thus, the involvement of tribal women was more in farm operations but less in decision making.

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