INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP) ACTIVITIES
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hiremath, Uma S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paloti, Lakshmi M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-14T05:12:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-14T05:12:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "The present study was conducted in the year 2002-2003 in Dharwad taluk with a sample size of 150 rural women engaged in NTFP activities and collected data on dependency on NTFPs, socio-economic characteristics, participation and time spent pattern in the collection, processing, storage, preservation, marketing and income earned by NTFPs, constraints faced and suggestions for improvement of NTFP activities with the help of pre-tested structured schedule. The results of the study revealed that majority of the rural women were middle age, married, illiterates, farm labourers, landless, belonged to medium income group, backward caste, nuclear family with medium family size, living in mixed type of house and contact urban places once in a week. Majority of the rural women had low level of mass media participation, extension contact and high level of organisational participation. Majority of the rural women (42.00%) were dependent on Muttala leaves (Butea monosperma) followed by fuelwood (20.67%), pongamia seeds (19.33%) and edible gum (17.33%). Highest participation was noticed in the processing, storage, preservation and marketing of NTFP than the NTFP collection. Women spent maximum time of 251.17 minutes per day and 94.00 days in a year in the collection of forest produce. Maximum income obtained from baskets per season was (Rs. 9150/-) followed by fuelwood (Rs.5145/-), grassbrooms (Rs.2955/-) and leaf meal plates (Rs.2880/-). Local and nearby city markets were the main marketing place whereas agents, wholesalers and selling on their own were found to be the prominent marketing channels. Major constraints faced by the rural women were lack of proper marketing system (96.00%) and depletion of flora (91.33%). Important suggestions were to avoid exploitation by middlemen (93.33%), implementation of programmes for forest regeneration and adequate trainings/demonstrations to develop value added products." | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | No. of references 80 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810121572 | |
| dc.keywords | INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP) ACTIVITIES | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 148p | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP) ACTIVITIES | en_US |
| dc.sub | Home Science Extension Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP) ACTIVITIES | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | INVOLVEMENT OF RURAL WOMEN IN NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP) ACTIVITIES | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |