EXTENT OF GENDER PARTICIPATION IN PADDY CULTIVATION - A STUDY IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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dc.contributor.advisorBorua, S.
dc.contributor.authorMuthabathula, SakkuBala Jasmine
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-06T11:31:05Z
dc.date.available2020-11-06T11:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractThe study entitled “Extent of Gender Participation in Paddy cultivation- A Study in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh” was carried out in two revenue divisions of the district. A total of 120 respondents were selected using purposive and proportionate random sampling technique. The data were collected by means of personal interview schedule. Statistical tools employed to analyze the data included frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Z-test (for selected dependent variables) and Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient (for selected dependent variable). The findings revealed that majority (68.34%) of the men respondents and (60.33%) of the women respondents belonged to middle age groups of 37-53 and 32-48 years and was found that men had high school education (31.67%) and women had primary school education (30.00%). Majority of the farmers have primary and secondary occupation (58.33%) and 100 per cent of the farm women haveagriculture as occupation. The gross annual income of the respondents ranged between Rs. 66,811-Rs. 1,68,389. Majority (76.67%) of the respondents have pucca type of house with nuclear type of family (93.33%) and small size of family of 2-4 (88.33%) with small operational landholding (40.00%). Majority (90.00%) of the respondents both farmers and farm women have high level of farming experience. It is observed that more than half of the respondents (men-58.33%) and all the farm women (100.00%)do not have any exposure to training programme. The results obtained from the study reveals that majority (70.00%) of the farmers and majority (98.33%) of the farm women have medium level of contact with extension personnel. Majority (93.33%) of the farmers do not have any orientation towards social participation and all (100.00%) the farm women have social participation in one organization. It can be seen from the results obtained from the study that majority (61.67%) of the farmers and majority (85.00%) of the farm women have medium level of exposure to mass media/information sources. It was found that majority (78.34%; 76.67%) of the respondents have medium level of extent of involvement in activities. Majority (96.67%; 96.67%) of the respondents have low level of decision making in paddy cultivation activities. It was found out that majority (91.96%, 90.00%) of the men and women get access to credit from bank.The findings revealed that men in an average perform more productive work, community work and unproductive work than women where women perform household work more than men in terms of hours/day. The Government can take certain measures for providing the farmers with better price returns. Proper training can be provided by the Government and extension workers to the women to encourage and improve the women in any of the income generating activities so that they can be involved in those activities apart from farming.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810154643
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherAAU, Jorhaten_US
dc.subExtension Educationen_US
dc.themeEXTENT OF GENDER PARTICIPATION IN PADDY CULTIVATION - A STUDY IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleEXTENT OF GENDER PARTICIPATION IN PADDY CULTIVATION - A STUDY IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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