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Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern Region of India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in farm sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production optimization as well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food growers/produces and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food security at household level.
Genesis of AAU -
The embryo of the agricultural research in the state of Assam was formed as early as 1897 with the establishment of the Upper Shillong Experimental Farm (now in Meghalaya) just after about a decade of creation of the agricultural department in 1882. However, the seeds of agricultural research in today’s Assam were sown in the dawn of the twentieth century with the establishment of two Rice Experimental Stations, one at Karimganj in Barak valley in 1913 and the other at Titabor in Brahmaputra valley in 1923. Subsequent to these research stations, a number of research stations were established to conduct research on important crops, more specifically, jute, pulses, oilseeds etc. The Assam Agricultural University was established on April 1, 1969 under The Assam Agricultural University Act, 1968’ with the mandate of imparting farm education, conduct research in agriculture and allied sciences and to effectively disseminate technologies so generated. Before establishment of the University, there were altogether 17 research schemes/projects in the state under the Department of Agriculture. By July 1973, all the research projects and 10 experimental farms were transferred by the Government of Assam to the AAU which already inherited the College of Agriculture and its farm at Barbheta, Jorhat and College of Veterinary Sciences at Khanapara, Guwahati.
Subsequently, College of Community Science at Jorhat (1969), College of Fisheries at Raha (1988), Biswanath College of Agriculture at Biswanath Chariali (1988) and Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science at Joyhing, North Lakhimpur (1988) were established. Presently, the University has three more colleges under its jurisdiction, viz., Sarat Chandra Singha College of Agriculture, Chapar, College of Horticulture, Nalbari & College of Sericulture, Titabar. Similarly, few more regional research stations at Shillongani, Diphu, Gossaigaon, Lakhimpur; and commodity research stations at Kahikuchi, Buralikson, Tinsukia, Kharua, Burnihat and Mandira were added to generate location and crop specific agricultural production packages.
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ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS SPIRITUAL LIFE SKILLS(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Das, Birina; Hazarika, DaisyThe present research study entitled “Knowledge, attitude and practice of students of towards Spiritual Life Skills” was carried out in main campus of Assam Agricultural University, which is situated in the Jorhat district of Assam. The objectives of the study were: i) to study the preliminary information of the respondents ii) to measure the knowledge of the respondents about spiritual life skills iii) to find out the attitude of the respondents towards spiritual life skills and iv) to find out the practice of spiritual life skills among the respondents. A total of 126 students pursuing Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were selected as respondents from College of Agriculture and College of Community Science using Stratified Random Sampling technique. Knowledge Scale for measuring the knowledge of the respondents on Spiritual Life Skills and an Attitude Scale for measuring the attitude of the respondents towards Spiritual Life Skills were constructed by using item analysis, validity test and reliability test. In order to find out the practice of Spiritual Life Skills among the respondents, a questionnaire was developed based on the constructed and standardized Knowledge Scale. Data were collected by using the constructed questionnaire and analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques viz., frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, z test, Chi-square test, Phi Cramer’s V test and Pearson’s correlation analysis. The data revealed that 65.00 per cent were female and 35.00 per cent were male. 49.20 per cent of the respondents possessed open personality, 94.45 per cent of the respondents have an optimistic type of thinking. 69.06 per cent of the respondents preferred friendship of good and 76.98 per cent maintained a positive relationship with their sibling. The data further revealed that majority (51.67%) of the respondents have moderate knowledge level on spiritual life skills, similarly majority (62.50%) of the respondents belonged to the moderate category of practice level of spiritual life skills. 61.11 per cent, which is the majority of the respondents were found to have a favorable attitude towards spiritual life skills. Independent variables: ‘age’ of the respondents was found to be positively correlated with dependent variable ‘knowledge’ of the respondents but was not correlated to ‘attitude’ and ‘practice’ of the respondents. Higher the age of the respondents, higher was the knowledge of respondents on spiritual life skills. Positive correlation was also found between dependent variables: knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice and attitude and practice of the respondents. The independent variables: ‘sex’, ‘religious belief’, ‘spiritual belief’, ‘personality of the respondents’ and ‘meditating habit of the respondents’ were found to be significantly associated with dependent variable ‘knowledge’ at 5% significance level. The independent variables: ‘type of thinking’ and ‘sibling relationship’ was found to be associated with dependent variable ‘attitude’ at 5% significance level. Again, the independent variables: ‘type of thinking’, ‘sibling relationship’, ‘curiosity to learn spiritual life skill’ and ‘family spiritual belief’ were found to be associated with ‘practice’ of spiritual life skills among the respondents at 5% level of significance. The study gives a thorough overview on knowledge, attitude and practice of the respondents towards spiritual life skills. Future research can be conducted to study the impact of spirituality on college students.ThesisItem Open Access Knowledge and practice of farmers in production of mushroom for livelihood security(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Saikia, Debasish; Bora, MayuriMushroom is a delicacy with high functional and nutritional value. It has been historically used as a nutritional source across the world. Mushroom cultivation requires less land and is basically an indoor activity. It can be started by landless farmers, unemployed youths, rural women and other entrepreneurs. The study on Knowledge and Practice of Farmers in Production of Mushroom for Livelihood Security was conducted with four objectives- (I) To study the background profile of the farmers engaged in mushroom production. (II)To assess the existing technological knowledge of the farmers on mushroom production(III)To identify existing practices of respondents in production of mushroom (IV)To find out the problems faced by the respondents in production of mushroom. The study was conducted in Jorhat district of Assam using snow ball sampling method. Sample size for the study was 60(sixty). The study revealed that 41.67 per cent respondent was in the age group 31-41 years, 66.66 per cent were married and 33.34 per cent had passed higher secondary. More than 80.00 per cent respondents belonged to nuclear family with small family size. Fifty per cent respondent had farming as their primary occupation and regarding occupation of the respondent’s majority of the respondents (80.00%) were involved in farming, 33.33 per cent Wiilinness for continuation of mushroom production, Higher percentage of the respondent (66.67%) were engaged in mushroom production more than one time. The findings shows that highest percentage (66.67%) of respondents had medium level of knowledge on mushroom production whereas majority (81.67%) had moderate level of practice. However in certain aspects the respondents had no knowledge such as ‘how long paddy straw should be soaked in fresh water’, ‘usage of brown bag for storing harvested mushrooms’, ‘the recommended soaking time for the paddy straw’ etc. . Though majority had moderate level of practice some aspects are not at all adhered to including ‘do not use brown beg’, ‘did not make any value-added products, etc. Majority of the respondents reported problems in mushroom production such as ‘Unavailability of quality spawn in mushroom Production’, ‘Lack of input’, ‘Lack of government scheme’, ‘Lack of assured market’, ‘Price fluctuation of the mushroom’. The study concludes that there is an urgent need to remove hindrances for accelerated adoption of mushroom enterprise for income generation. For sustainability and expansion of the mushroom sector in order to ensure the livelihood security of the farmers there should be encouragement from the Government and other concerned authority by providing necessary input support and marketing and storage facility.ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF JORHAT DISTRICT OF ASSAM ON PERSONAL HYGIENE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MENSTRUAL HYGIENE(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Chetia, Anwesha Bijoy; Sarmah, JulianaThe present investigation was conducted to study the “Knowledge and practice of adolescent girls of Jorhat district of Assam on personal hygiene with special reference to menstrual hygiene” with objectives : (i) To study the background profile of adolescent girls (ii) To assess the existing knowledge of respondents on personal hygiene with special reference to menstrual hygiene (iii) To identify the existing practice of respondents on personal hygiene with special reference to menstrual hygiene. The study was conducted in one Educational Block of Jorhat District of Assam namely Jorhat Educational Block. Twenty five (out of total 32 clusters) numbers of clusters having high school or higher secondary school were considered for the present study. As there are 20 clusters situated in rural area and 5 clusters are in the urban area, 50 per cent clusters of rural areas that is 10 nos. and 50 per cent clusters of urban areas that is 3 nos. were selected randomly for the present study. One high school or higher secondary school from each cluster was selected by using simple random sampling method. Thus, all total 13 numbers of high schools or higher secondary schools were considered for present study, 10 schools from rural and 3 schools from urban area were selected for the present study. From the total number, thirty percent girls belonging to 15 years to 19 years (late adolescent) were the respondents for the present study. Thus, all total 142 numbers of late adolescent girls (15-19 years of age belonging to class IX to XI) from the rural area and 112 numbers of late adolescent girls totaling 254 numbers of late adolescent girls from both rural and urban area of Jorhat district were the respondents for the present study to assess knowledge and practice of personal hygiene with special reference to menstrual hygiene. The study revealed that a higher percentage of respondents in both rural and urban area belonged to the age group of 15-17 years and respondents from both the areas respondents attained menarche at the age of 13-15 years. The study revealed that majority of the total respondents had no separate bathroom in their house for using during menstrual period. It is found that ‘menstrual hygiene’ is included in the syllabus of school. Majority of the respondent discussed about menstrual hygiene with their family. The findings showed that majority of the total respondents that nearly 53 per cent respondents had attended training on menstrual hygiene and remaining respondents who had not attended any training on menstruation were interested in obtaining training on menstruation. More than 36 per cent respondents had the menstrual cycle with the interval of 28 days. Nearly 78 per cent respondents did not consult with doctor if face any problem regarding menstruation and they did not use any local (indigenous) medicine during menstrual period. The study showed that higher percentage of respondents from both the rural and urban area had medium level of knowledge on personal hygiene with special reference to menstrual hygiene. The study also revealed that a higher percentage of overall respondents that is 69.29 per cent belonged to “moderate” category on menstrual hygiene practice. The study showed that there was highly positive significant relationship of menstrual hygiene knowledge with independent variable such as mass media exposure and there was positive significant relationship of menstrual hygiene knowledge with independent variable such as training attended. There was highly positive significant relationship of menstrual hygiene practice and independent variable such as size of the family and training attended. There was positive significant relationship of respondents’ knowledge on menstrual hygiene with their practice on menstrual hygiene in rural area.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF BANDHAN MICROFINANCE ON EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN TINSUKIA DISTRICT OF ASSAM(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Baruah, Inameeka; Bora, MayuriThe study on Effect of Bandhan Microfinance on empowerment of rural women in Tinsukia district of Assam was conducted with the objective (i) To develop a complete understanding of members of Bandhan groups, (ii) To study the functioning of Bandhan microfinance, (iii) To identify the problems faced by the respondents after availing the microfinance services (iv) To assess the effect of Bandhan microfinance on empowerment of rural women. The present study was conducted in Tinsukia district of Assam. Margherita Sub-division, was purposively selected from where two Bandhan banking units i.e., Banking Unit, Digboi and Banking Unit, Margherita was included. 108 respondents were selected using purposive cum simple random sampling method. The study revealed that 60.00 per cent of the respondents were in middle age group 35 – 47 years. It was found that 41.68 per cent had farming as their family occupation, 30.55 per cent did business and majority of the respondent (73.05%) were housewives. About 49.70 per cent respondents were members of the Bandhan group for 1-5 years which depicts their trust towards Bandhan Microfinance. Majority of respondents (70.37%) joined Bandhan group to maintain their household expenditure. High percentage of respondents (78.70%) have taken loan from Bandhan microfinance for starting new business of livestock at household level as they possessed 89.91 per cent of poultry birds and the respondents utilized their loan in business purpose as well. It was revealed from the findings that large percentage (71.00%) respondents belonged to medium socio-economic category. As only 31.48 per cent and 20.30 per cent had knowledge about the terms of repayment and the interest rate respectively so, the most common problem faced by the respondent after availing the loan from Bandhan microfinance services is short period for repayment and not clear about the interest rate. The findings also revealed that there was significant improvement in economic, psychological, personal and socio-cultural empowerment whereas there was less improvement in terms of political empowerment after availing loan from Bandhan Microfinance services. There was also an overall increase in the level of empowerment of rural women after availing the Bandhan Microfinance services. In the study a positive significant relationship can also be seen between the socio-economic status and the empowerment of rural women. Thus, Bandhan microfinance has significantly contributed towards the empowerment of the rural women in the study area. Therefore, Proper training should be given to the rural people regarding the terms, conditions, the bank loan formalities and the interest charged on the loans should be reduced to encourage and attract new customers. Further research should be done considering other microfinance related issues and how these issues affect the empowerment of rural women.ThesisItem Open Access ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF OFFICE EMPLOYEES(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Gogoi, Malobika; Kalita, MiraA place where professional task and managerial activities of an organization is carried is termed as an office. Computers are used for a long period of time without taking appropriate breaks in between that affects vision causes pain in the neck, upper back, shoulders arms etc. Keeping in mind the study on „Assessment of Occupational Health Hazards of Office Employees‟ was undertaken with the objectives - a) to study the activity profile of the computer users, b) To assess the occupational health hazards of computer users, c) to analyze the posture assumed by the computer users and d) to find out the relationship between selected dependent and independent variables. A total of 110 samples were selected purposively from the educational institutes of the Jorhat district of Assam. For the study both interview and experimental methods were used for gathering the data. The tools for the study were grooved peg board for dexterity and eye hand coordination and flexi-curve for postural deviation was used. A three point scale was applied for assessing health hazards and to identify body part discomfort of the body parts a five point scale (Corlett and Bishop, 1976) was used. Further chi square analysis was done to determine the relationship between variables. The findings showed that total hours spent on computer every day was observed to be 88.20 per cent for 6-8 hours. About half of the respondents (51.80%) took rest for 30 minutes. On analyzing the different occupational health hazards it was observed that headache was the most frequently occurring health hazards and Rank I similarly, head ranked -I with a mean of 2.29. A deviation of 2.15 per cent was found to be for upper back similarly 0.87 per cent was found to be for lower back. Data revealed that there was no relationship between gender and occupational health hazards („p‟=0.510) but significant relationship between age („p‟=0.000**) and years of involvement („p‟= 0.004**). Similarly, for total body discomfort no significant relation was found between gender („p‟=0.238) and years of involvement („p‟=0.118) whereas age was found to be highly significant („p‟=0.00**). Regarding the relationship between postural deviation with age, gender and years of involvement, there lies a significant relation between age and years of involvement („p‟=0.047** and „p‟=0.041**) and no relation with gender („p‟=0.899). Preventive programs can be introduced to the employees so as to put awareness and to prevent of the health hazards and musculoskeletal disorders among the office employees.ThesisItem Open Access ASPIRATION OF RURAL YOUTH TOWARDS AGRICULTURE AS AN ENTERPRISE FOR LIVELIHOOD SECURITY(AAU, Jorhat, 2021) Gogoi, Gayatri; Borah, SayanikaThe unemployment rate for youth is increasing day-by-day and young people had facing this problem more severely. Due to the problem they are migrating to urban cities in search of better job opportunities. Where agricultural entrepreneurship plays a vital role in social and economic development of the country, it is questionable issue of migration of rural youth. Thus the present study was undertaken to study the “Aspiration of Rural Youth towards Agriculture as an enterprise for Livelihood Security” with following objectives – i) To study the background profile of the rural youth, ii) To assess the attitude of rural youth towards agriculture as an enterprise, iii) To find out the factors that influences the interest of the rural youth towards agriculture as an enterprise, iv) To explore constraints of rural youth in taking agriculture as an enterprise. The study was conducted in Jorhat subdivision and Titabor subdivision of Jorhat district of Assam. Multistage Proportionate Random Sampling technique was followed for the present study. Four villages were selected randomly from two subdivisions. From the 4 villages 138 numbers of male youth were selected proportionately. The data was collected through structured questionnaire prepared by the researcher. Collected data were analyzed by applying frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test, Pearson Correlation and factor analysis. The findings revealed that majority (54.34%) of the respondents belong to early youth group i.e. 21-25years and Hindu (96.37%). Majority of the respondents (95.65%) were unmarried and 43.00 per cent had education up to graduation level. Half of the respondents had service as their family occupation. They mostly belonged to nuclear (67.39%) and small size family (65.21%). Fifty per cent of the respondents belonged to marginal land holdings and unemployed (30.43%) and had mixed type of house (60.86%). Majority of the respondents 55.00 per cent and 75.00 per cent of the respondents had medium level of household assets and farm assets respectively. Cent percent of the respondents using mobile phones and participate in discussion meetings (60.86%). They had regular contact (20.30%) with bank personnel. It was found that majority (72.50%) of respondents had favorable attitude on agriculture as an enterprise. From the factor analysis there are eight factors were extracted because data shows eight components with Eigen value greater than 1. Variables under social factor had high influence the interest of rural youth towards agriculture as an enterprise. Most of the respondents had faced common problems like lack of economic investment (66.66%), lack of appropriate machineries (43.33%), and insufficient land holding due to family division (40.41%).ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF SELECTED SOCIAL MEDIA ON DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH OF ASSAM(AAU, Jorhat, 2018) GOGOI, PRITISMITA; Deka Baruah, ManoshiThe present study entitled “Effect of selected social media on development of youth of Assam” was carried out with the following objectives: 1.To study the profile of the respondents. 2. To explore the reasons of using selected social media by the respondents. 3. To find out the extent of using selected social media by the respondents. 3. To analyse the perceived effect of social media on development of the respondents. Two districts were selected for the present study. From each of the selected districts two sub-division namely Jorhat and Sivasagar were selected randomly. From each of the sub-division six colleges were selected randomly. Equal number of respondents was selected from each of the selected colleges through simple random sampling. Thus total number of respondents was 120. Data were collected using structured interview schedule and analysed using appropriate statistical techniques viz., frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chisquare. The data revealed that 38.33 per cent of the respondents belonged to age group of 19-21 years, majority (71.67%) were female, 59.17 per cent were from rural residency, 54.17 per cent were UG students, salaried job was the main occupation of the family for 55.83 per cent of respondents, for 58.33 per cent of the respondents the family income was between Rupees Twenty thousand to Fifty thousand. Findings further showed that they spent 2.30 hours in social media. Findings also highlighted that majority (94.17%) of the respondents used WhatsApp followed by Facebook (74.17%), YouTube (59.17%), Instagram (25.00%), Twitter (4.17%) and only 0.83 per cent respondents used LinkedIn. Data revealed that 43.33 per cent respondents commonly used three numbers of social media. 43.30 per cent respondents used WhatsApp most frequently. Most of the respondents (99.17%) used mobile phones for social media activities, 55.00 per cent used home network for social media connection. The data on reasons of using social media by the respondents revealed that communication with friends was ranked I followed by entertainment. It was found that education related area was discussed with teachers by 89.17 per cent respondents, general discussion was held with relatives by 67.50 per cent, entertainment with friends by 73.33 per cent and national issues generally discussed with different organization officials by 40.99 per cent respondents. Findings on frequency of using social media revealed that all the respondents use social media on daily basis and 40.00 per cent of the respondents spent more than 2 hours on social media. The overall effect of social media on development, percentage of respondents was higher (16.67%) in high category than low (15.00%) which might be assumed as positive effect of social media on development of the youth. Association between education and income of the family was highly significant with perceived effect of selected social media. Place of residence was also positively associated while age, time spent on social media and number of social media used have no significant association with perceived effect of selected social media.ThesisItem Open Access KNOWLEDGE OF TEACHERS OF JORHAT DISTRICT OF ASSAM REGARDING DIABETES MELLITUS(2017) Tatak, Lalak; Sarmah, JulianaThe present research study entitled ‘Knowledge of teachers of Jorhat district of Assam regarding diabetes mellitus’ was conducted in Jorhat district of Assam. The objectives of the study were i) to study the back ground profile of respondents, ii) to assess the knowledge of respondents regarding some facts of diabetes and iii) to gather information on indigenous remedial measures for diabetes. All the provincialised colleges of Jorhat sub-division were considered for the study. Fifty per cent of the total teachers of each college were the respondents of the present study, thus, totalling 204 teachers. Nearly 34 per cent of respondents belonged to age group 47-57 years. Majority of respondents (58.80 per cent) were female. Large majority of respondents (78.43 per cent) were married. Majority of respondents (58.80 per cent) belonged to arts discipline. Large majority (74.00 per cent) of respondents belonged to nuclear family. Large majority (71.60 per cent) of respondents belonged to small family. Nearly 42 per cent respondents had working experience of 1-10 years. Nearly 95 per cent respondents did not suffer from diabetes mellitus. Nearly 77 per cent of respondents checked their blood sugar level. Majority (66.18 per cent) of respondents did not have family member suffering from diabetes mellitus. Majority of respondents did not have doctor (63.20 per cent), nutritionist and dietician (91.20 per cent) in their family, friends and relatives. The study also reveals that 71.60 per cent of respondents did not attend any talk or discussion on diabetes mellitus and 83.30 per cent did not have membership in any organization. Majority of the respondents that is 64 per cent had medium level of mass media exposure. More than 69 per cent of respondents had medium level of knowledge on each aspect namely basic of diabetes, its causative factors and symptoms, diet and habits to be maintained in diabetes mellitus with higher percentage in high level on diet in diabetes mellitus. On college wise distribution of knowledge, more than 70 per cent of respondents from all the colleges had medium level of knowledge on diabetes mellitus. More than 65 per cent of respondents from all the colleges had medium level of knowledge on basic of diabetes mellitus. More than 55 per cent of respondents from all the colleges had medium level of knowledge on causative factors and symptom of diabetes mellitus. More than 55 per cent of respondents from all the colleges had medium level of knowledge on diet in diabetes mellitus. More than 50 per cent of respondents from all the colleges had medium level of knowledge on habits to be maintained in diabetes mellitus. Both male and female respondents had nearly equal percentage in all the level that is low, medium and high level of knowledge on diabetes mellitus. According to discipline (that is Science, Arts and Commerce) more than 70 per cent of respondents had medium level of knowledge on diabetes mellitus. Respondents from science discipline had higher percentage of knowledge on diabetes mellitus. Highest percentage of respondents had medium level of knowledge on diabetes as a whole. It was also evident from the findings that there were significant association between knowledge of the respondents with age, checking of blood sugar level and presence of nutritionist/dietician in their family, friends and relatives. There was also highly significant association between knowledge of respondents with their mass media exposure. The respondents under study suggested some plants sources as remedial measures for diabetes mellitus. Higher percentage of respondents suggested neem, methi, nayantara and chirata as remedial measures for diabetes mellitus. Respondents also suggested some healthy lifestyle to be followed as remedial measures of diabetes mellitus. Higher percentage of respondents suggested ‘cutting down of sugar intake’, ‘physical exercise’, ‘checking of blood sugar level’ and walking as remedial measures for diabetes mellitus.ThesisItem Open Access INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN SELECTED FARM AND NON FARM ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOOD SECURITY(2017) CHETIA, QUEEN; Dutta Das, ManjuThe present study entitled “Involvement of rural women in selected farm and non farm activities for their household livelihood security” was conducted in the Jorhat district of Assam. Eight (8) villages were selected from Jorhat and Titabor sub division using purposive sampling method. A total of 120 rural women were selected randomly using simple random sampling method. Personal interview method was applied for the collection of primary data. Data were analysed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of correlation. It has been observed that rural women were found to be performed in both the farm and non farm activities as well as domestic activities. Cent per cent of the rural women involved in the farm activities such as transplanting, harvesting, winnowing and non farm activities like traditional snacks preparations (94.16%), in weaving (60.00%), pickle making (55.00%). The study also showed that very less number of rural women in the sampled villages took decision independently in different farm and non farm activities. The rural women spent most of their time in family food preparation and farm related activities. When they performed various farm and non farm activities they faced some problems such as lack of scientific knowledge, attack crops by pests/ insects, high cost of inputs. The role of women extends way to beyond home and bringing up children. Women have to perform the dual role of housewife and wage earner. Both roles made heavy demands on women’s time and energy. Economic pressure is forcing them to break away their traditional roles of housewives into farm and non-farm labourers. In this present study women contributions in selected farm and non farm activities is more prominent. The findings of the study suggested that there is a need to impart training to these women in order to strengthen the knowledge about farm and non farm activities. In order to improve women’s work efficiency, Govt. and Extension worker should plan and execute need based training programmes. Rural women have increased their participation in economic activities. Through involvement in farm and non farm activities rural women have been able to increase their consciousness and economic levels, and thereby making a significant contribution to the well-being of the family. Ultimately, they have been able to break the cycle of poverty. Therefore, involvement of rural women in farm and non farm activities has been a key factor for poverty reduction in rural areas of India.
