Analysis the Factors Effecting the Farm Women Contribution in Rural Economy: A Study of Bhilwara Region
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF) - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
The rural economy is predominantly based on agriculture. Approximately 80 per cent Indian population lives in around five and half lakhs villages spread over the country and are depended mainly on agriculture. Agriculture is the backbone and base of the national economy. Agriculture is the lifeline of Indian economy and sustainability of agricultural growth has been the focused issue confronting the nation over the years. Indian agriculture could rise up to the challenges and has witnessed a gradual transformation from subsistence farming of early fifties to the present day intensive farming practices. Since ages, women continued to be the important stakeholders in farming actively in India. The nature and extent of women's involvement in agriculture, no doubt, vary greatly from region to region. Presently, they constitute one third of the agricultural labour force and about 48 per cent of self-employed farmers. Furthermore, management and involvement of Indian women in farming enterprise has been on rise in recent years especially in better-endowed rural regions. It is a well-known fact that economic development of any society depends on the quality of human resource especially the decision-making ability. The Government must have been implementing various programmes to empower women in order to strengthen the women sector and make them self reliant, confident and enhance their decision making abilities for better management of the professional resources. The present study has been conducted in 5 Panchayat Samities of Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. Ten Villages selected for research, two villages from each PS. Main objective of this paper is analysis the impact of personal and socio-economic factors on farm women working.
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Dr. Kavita Pareek
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