Participation of rural women in livestock management activities in rewa block of rewa district (M.P.)
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2015
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Abstract
Livestock production is an integral component of farming system. It plays a crucial role in the rural economies of developing countries like India. The share of livestock product is estimated at 21% of total Agriculture sector of India. India Owns the largest livestock population accounting for nearly 57% of the world Buffalo population and 16% of the cattle population. The contribution of women to national development in the current context and its potential is of greater significance. Involvement of Indian women in national progress at all levels is undisputable reality although the degree of involvement varies from time to time and region to region. The prosperity and growth of a nation depends on the status and development of its women as they not only constitute nearly half of the population. Rural women are playing a significant role in livestock management practices. They spend a lot of time in performing different activities of livestock management like fodder cutting, fodder chopping, watering and feeding of animals, animal shed cleaning, milking, making dung cakes and looking after live stock health. Rural women are intensively involved in many livestock management activities including milking, fodder chopping, feeding, collecting eggs, watering, making and storage of dung cakes, cleaning animals’ sheds. Women often devote more time (16-18 hours) against men to these tasks.
Realizing contribution of rural women in livestock management, the present study will be focused on their participation in livestock management activities. Keeping the above facts in view the present study entitled as A study on women participation in live stock management activities in Rewa block of Rewa District (M.P.)"will be undertaken with the following objectives.
Objectives:-
1. To study the socio economic attributes of the rural women.
2. To determine the extent of the participation of rural women in various live stock management activities.
3. To study the association beetween extent of the participation of rural women in live stock management activities and their attributes.
4. To locate the constraints experienced by rural women in relation to live stock management.
Methodology
Selection of the district
The present study was conducted in Rewa district since the number of milk producing societies i.e.113 are maximum in the Rewa district of Rewa division.
Selection of the block
Out of nine blocks of Rewa district, there are 21 milk production co-operative societies working presently in Rewa block. Rewa block occupies first rank in respect of number of villages covered by these co- operative societies and total members of the societies. Thus Rewa block was selected purposively for the study.
Selection of the villages
A village wise list of societies anong with its members was prepered. Out of which 50 % societies was selected on the basis of higher concentration / number of members in the society. Hence the villages having these societies was selected.
Selection of the respondents
The female member of these socities or women being the wife of male member of societies was selected through proportionate random sampling method, Thus the sample was consist of 120 respondents.
Main findings
The main findings of the study have been presented in line with the objectives of the study. The details of the main findings are as under.
(A) Socio economic, communicational and psychological attributes of the dairy farmers
1. Out of 120 respondents i.e. 48.33 percent belonged to middle age group
2. 39.50 percent respondents belonged to OBC category
3. More than one third of the total respondent’s i.e.34.17 percent were educated up to middle education level.
4. 39.17 percent respondents had medium social participation.
5. 51.67 percent respondents had medium size of family.
6. Out of 70.00 percent respondents had joint family.
7. Out of 120 respondents i.e.46.67 percent respondents had small operational hand holding.
8. 41.17 percent respondents had agriculture and occupation.
9. 43.33 percent respondents had small annual income.
10. Out of total respondents i.e. 40.00 percent respondents had small dairy experience.
11. 45.83 percent respondents were having small cosmopoliteness.
12. 43.33 percent respondents had medium use of source of information.
13. 45.00 percent respondents had medium scientific orientation.
14. 43.33 percent respondents had low risk orientation.
15. Out of total respondents i.e. 45.00 percent respondents had medium decision making ability.
(B) Participation of rural women in live stock management activities.
Table 4.16 indicates extent of participation of rural women in different activities of live stock management. It may be arranged in descending order as milk processing (1.67), fodder management (1.63), preparation of manures (1.52), use of fodder (1.46), financial management (1.36),use of mineral mixture for feed (1.27), cultivation of fodder crops (1.22), record keeping (1.18), care of calf (1.06), cleaning of cattle shed (1.03), marketing (0.98), balanced diet (0.95), care of pregnant (0.70) and management of diseases (0.69).
It means that the participation of rural women was higher in the activity namely milk processing, fodder management, preparation of manures , use of
fodder and financial management where as rural women have less participation in the activities namely management of disease.
Out of 120 respondents that 45.00 percent exhibited medium rural women in live stock management activities, 31.67 percent had low level of participation rural women in live stock management activities while 23.33 percent had high participation of rural women in live stock management activities.
(C) Association between extent of the participation of rural women in live stock management activities and their socio economic, communicational and psychological attributes
Association values indicating the relationship of personal, socio-economic and communicational attributes of the respondents with participation of rural women in live stock management. The data indicate that the characteristics of the respondents namely education, operational land holding, occupation, annual income, dairy experience, cosmopoliteness, use of sources of information, scientific orientation, risk orientation, and decision making had significant relationship with information management behavior of respondents regarding women participation in livestock management at 0.05 level of probability. The result also depict that the characteristics namely age, caste, size of family, type of family and social participation did not establish significant relationship with women participation in livestock management.
(D) Constraints experienced by rural women in relation to live stock management
The major constraints experienced by the respondents were arranged in descending order on the basis of rank order as distant location of A.I. centers(54.17), susceptibility of animals to diseases (52.50), lack of knowledge about silage preparation (50.88), lack of availability of veterinary literature in the village (48.33), non-remunerative price for milk (47.5), lack of technical knowledge to manage the dairy experience (42.5), High cost of veterinary medicines (39.17) and high cost of crossbreed cow/ improved buffalo (36.66).
(E). Suggestions experienced by rural women in relation to live stock management
Livestock production is an integral component of farming system. It plays a crucial role in the rural economies of developing countries like India. The share of livestock product is estimated at 21% of total Agriculture sector of India. India Owns the largest livestock population accounting for nearly 57% of the world Buffalo population and 16% of the cattle population. The contribution of women to national development in the current context and its potential is of greater significance. Involvement of Indian women in national progress at all levels is undisputable reality although the degree of involvement varies from time to time and region to region. The prosperity and growth of a nation depends on the status and development of its women as they not only constitute nearly half of the population. Rural women are playing a significant role in livestock management practices. They spend a lot of time in performing different activities of livestock management like fodder cutting, fodder chopping, watering and feeding of animals, animal shed cleaning, milking, making dung cakes and looking after livestock health. Rural women are intensively involved in many livestock management activities including milking, fodder chopping, feeding, collecting eggs, watering, making and storage of dung cakes, cleaning animals’ sheds. Women often devote more time (16-18 hours) against men to these tasks.
Realizing contribution of rural women in livestock management, the present study will be focused on their participation in livestock management activities. Keeping the above facts in view the present study entitled as A study on women participation in livestock management activities in Rewa block of Rewa District (M.P.)"was undertaken with the following objectives.
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participation, economic systems, livestock, wood, biological phenomena, marketing, livestock management, animal husbandry, land resources, selection