A STUDY ON PARTICIPATION, DECISION MAKING AND TIME UTILIZATION BY DAIRY FARM WOMEN IN BIDAR DISTRICT
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2019-08-23
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
Dairy farming plays a vital role in the socio-economic empowerment of farm
women. The present study was conducted in Aurad, Basavakalyan and Humnabad taluks
of Bidar district in 2019 to analyse the participation, decision making and time utilization
by dairy farm women. The data was collected from 120 farm women by personal
interview method through a structured interview schedule and was analysed by
employing suitable statistical methods. The findings of the study revealed that more than
one third (39.16 %) of the dairy farm women belonged to medium level of overall
participation in dairy activities whereas two fifth (40.83 %) of dairy farm women
belonged to medium level of overall participation in MPCS activities. Less than half
(48.33 %) of dairy farm women belonged to medium level of overall decision making
category in dairy activities and nearly two fifth (40.84 %) of them belonged to high level
of overall time utilization category in dairy activities. The average time spent in a day by
the dairy farm women in dairy activities was 340 min (5 hours 40 min). Low productivity
of local breeds (91.66 %) followed by inadequate knowledge about feeding/preparation
of concentrates locally (79.16 %) were the major constraint faced by the dairy farm
women.