ROLE OF WOMEN IN RICE CULTIVATION
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1989
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD.
Abstract
The present study ,.,as carried \tlith an over all objective
of obtaining useful and analytical information about the factors
which affect the role performance, role expectation of rural
women in rice cultivation, their role in decisio~-making process
with regard to fanm related tasks and their role preferences
with regard to rice cultivation. Bx-post-facto research design
was used for the study. Chittoor district was purposively
selected and Chandragirl mandal was selected by calling random
numbers. ~:tght villages and 80 farm women ann their husbands
nt the rate of 10· farm women and their husb?.nds from each
village were selected randomly. Interview schedul8 was prepared
t0 collect <'lata. Stat'\.stical tests used '\t'Tere arithm0.tic
m~an, standarn deviatj.:")n, co~Efictent of correlation and 't' test tviajority of farm womP.n \-P.re illit~rate, minrH~ agert '\t'Jith
small ann marginal farm holoings. 'l~ey h~Q menium level of
urban contact, mass-media exposure, achi~vErnent mntivatinn,
econcmic motivation, scj.entific oriP.ntation.
Majority of farm wcmen had medium l8vr->l nf kno\·.'lt?dge \·15.th
regard to rice cultivation.'l'he farm \vanen• s role :i.n seed selgction is limited.
'l~ey played better role performance in nursery management,
mainfield. management and post-harvest technology \tlhereas,
more intensive role perfo:cmance \tlas found in harvesting and
threshing and general ?Ctivities with regard to rice cultivation.
The farm women's role expectation in rice cultivation
was far higher than their role performance in all the subareas
of rice cultivation such as seed selection, nursery
management, mainfield management, harvesting and threshing,
post-harvest technology and general activities •. However,
they did not expect certain tasks of mainfield management
such as puddling, levelling, watch and ward and plant protection
techniques to be performed by \vomen.
•t• test revealed that there was significant diffe~ence
between role performance and role expectation of farm women as
perceived by themselves. Further, it also revealed that there
was· significant difference between role performance and role
expectation of farm women as perceived by their husbands.
Coefficient of correlation showed that there was no significant
relationship between the role performance of farm women
as perceived by themselves and their husbands. It also revealed
that there was significant relationship betwe~n the role expectation
of farm women as perceived by themselves and their husb~
nds.
As for as decision~aking process in rice cultivation is
concP-rnen majority of respon~~nts pl?yed 0ominant role in
weP.ding, selling of milk and milk products, transplanting ano
maintennnce nf cattle.
f1ajority of the respondents preferreo almost all the rolP..s
in rice cultivation. However, all the res'pondents pr<?ferred
seed soaking and spreading in seed bP.d, manure and fertilizer
ni'Plication, w~erling trr~nsplanting, hr~rvP.sting the crop,winnovling, det~rmining the cooking quality of the produce,
maintenance nf agricultural im? lements, rearing and milching
of cattle and selling of milk and milk products whereas,
puddling, levelling were disliked by ; all t-Q.f .. !f!hem.
Majority of the farm women have given it costs less, it
is easy to understand, it is easy to Cnrry out, it requires
less labour, as the reasons for preference of the roles.
Majority of the farm women gave first rank to selection
of variety in seed selection, weeding in nursery management,
weed control in mainfield management, winnowing in harvesting
and threshing, determining the cooking quality of the produce
in post-harvest technology and selling of milk and milk
products in general activities.
Education, farm holding, urban contact, mass media exposure,
economic motivation, achievement motivation, scientific
orientation and knowledge were found to have no significant
relationship with role performance. However, age 'l.vas sign if icantly
related to role performance in rice cultivation.
ltqe, education, farm holding, urban contact, mass-media
exposure, achi.evem"!nt motivation and scientific orientation
had no significant relationship with role expectation wher~as,
knowledge and economic motivation were found to havP. significant
relationship with role expectati0n in rice cultiv?.tion.
]q~, educnti0n, farm holc'ling, urban contact, maRs-nv,0i;:.
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ROLE, WOMEN , RICE, CULTIVATION,