Analytical Study on the Factors of Change in Income of Women Lac Growers in Seoni – A Central Indian District
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Self-help groups (SHGs) are one of the important tools for the empowerment of rural women and improvement of their socioeconomic status in India. It also improves family income, decision making, self confidence among women and weaker sections of the society. The study of the change in annual household income of tribal women lac growers after two years of their venture into Lac production was undertaken during the years 2012-13 with forty respondents in Malhara Panchayat of Barghat Block, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Lac is an export oriented Non-timber Forest Produce (NTFP). It produced mostly by tribal, sub-forest, forest and rain fed area of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgrah, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, part of Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and NEH region of the country. The study revealed that a maximum number of lac growers (60%) were found young age, level of education (40%) was illiterate and middle school, (40%) marginal land holders, (60%) medium training attended lac growers, (50%) highest information seeking behavior among the respondents. After the adoption of Lac production, the Contribution of Lac growers to their annual household income varied from Rs. 75,000 to Rs. 1, 23,000. The study also found that age and occupation had a positive relationship, whereas landholding, number of trainings attended, information seeking behavior, extensive participation and economic motivation had been significant to an annual income of women lack growers.
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Manoher Saryam, Moni Thomas, S K Agrawal
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