Y ON DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF FARMWOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN RAICHUR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA

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2016-06-30
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University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur
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The present research study was conducted in Raichur district of Karnataka during the year 2015-16. The Raichur district was purposively selected because of convenience and familiarity of the researcher with the study area. Based on the criteria of highest crop sown area, Raichur, Lingasugur and Manvi taluks were selected, from each taluk 2 hoblis were selected, from each hobli one village was selected based on highest crop sown area, from each village 20 farmwomen respondents were selected which constituted 10 small farmwomen and 10 marginal farmwomen on random basis, thus the total sample constitutes 120 respondents. The results showed that nearly half (48.33 %) of the farmwomen belonged to middle age group, majority (69.16 %) were illiterate, nearly one third (29.16 %) had 3.1 to 4 acres of land holding, in case of crop plan, nearly one third (25.83 %) of the farmwomen participated actively in decision making, regarding land preparation activities, more than half (54.16 %) participated passively in decision making, in case of selection of seed 45.00 per cent were engaged passively in decision making, one third (30.83 %) were engaged actively in decision making with respect to sowing activity, only 15.00 per cent actively participated in decision making in case of fertilizer application, with respect to plant protection, only 13.33 per cent actively participated in decision making, over one third (32.50 %) actively participated in decision making with respect to irrigation and intercultivation, more than half (56.66 %) actively participated in decision making with respect to labour management, regarding harvesting operations, nearly one third (29.16 %) were engaged actively in decision making and only 17.50 per cent were actively participated in decision making in case of marketing.
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