GENDER PARTICIPAITON AND DECISION MAKING IN SERICULTURE: A STUDY IN RAMANAGARA DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE
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2022-12-08
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
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The present study was undertaken in Kanakapura and Channapatana taluks of Ramanagara district in Karnataka state to analyze the gender participation and decision making pattern in sericulture technologies. Sixty farm men and 60 farm women formed the sample of the research study. The results revealed that farm men (63.34%) were belonging to high decision category, while 20.00 and 16.66 per cent of a majority of farm men were belonging to medium and low decision category of sericulture technologies, respectively. In respect of women, a majority were belonging tolow decision category (60.00%) followed by 26.66 and 13.34 per cent of farm women belonging to medium and high decision category, respectively.
Forty-five per cent of farm men were having high level of participation in sericulture activities, while 30.00 per cent and one-fourth (25.00%) of farm men were having medium and low level of participation. More than one-thirdof farm women(35.00%) were having medium level of participation followed by one-third (33.34%) and 31.66 per cent of farm women werehaving high and low level of participation in sericulture activities. Further, the results revealed that age, education, experience in sericulture, innovativeness, achievement motivation, management orientation, risk orientation, attitude towards sericulture, farming commitment, economic motivation, training in sericulture, extension agency contact, extension participation, mass media exposure, and farm scientist contact of both farm men and women had significant association with their decision making and participation level.