2020•Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative ResearchRequires access
women participation in agriculture: A case study of Kathua district
P Ch Sita Devi
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Abstract
Women play significant and crucial role in agricultural and allied fields. Both economic and non economic factors are responsible for women participation in agriculture. However it is most unfortunate that role of women in agriculture has not recognized. In order to probe into the matter that to what extent women participate in agriculture and allied activities therefore an attempt were made to analyze the work performed by women and the factors associated with their involvement in agriculture. A study was undertaken in Kathua district of J& K state. A total of 160 respondents were selected using purposive random sampling technique. The selected respondents were interview personally using pre tested well structured questionnaire. Thus, it can be concluded that in the study area, most of the women are found to be in the overall medium extent of participation.