Involvement of women in decision making of different dairy farm activities

Krishna, N. Leela; Anitha, A.; Rao, S. Venkat; Muralidhar, M.

doi:10.5958/2454-552x.2021.00024.4

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“…Puri [15] stated that all the tasks related to farm animals were predominantly carried out by women and they participated mainly in bringing fodder from the field, chaff cutting, preparing food for cattle, cleaning the cattle shed, making cow dung cakes, compost making, milking and making curd and ghee. Patnaik and Debi [16] stated that women participated in activities related to farm having economic significance like looking after farm, cattle, poultry, goat farming, sheep rearing, preparing manures for the farm and carrying manures.…”

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Exploring Women Participation in Small-scale Dairy Farming: A Case of Paikgachha Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh

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The study was conducted to assess the extent of participation of rural women in small-scale dairy farming for poverty reduction in two villages at Paikgachha upazila in the Khulna district, Bangladesh. Data were collected from 50 respondents through direct interviews involved in smallscale dairy farming during June 2017. The study revealed that majority of the women were middle aged (66%) in joint families (68%) with being literates (82%). Majority of the respondent families were marginal farmers (44%, 0.02-0.20 ha) followed by small farmers (42%, 0.21-1.00 ha) with high annual family income (62%,>1,50,000 Tk.) having dairy farming (100%) as the major occupation. About 25 operations of dairy farming were selected in consultation with experts and were broadly categorized into six aspects as economic, feeding, breeding, livestock management, health care, purchasing, processing and marketing activities. The study revealed that women participation was maximum in watering to livestock, cleaning of animal sheds, chopping of straw, care of new born calves, management of calves. The farm women participation was least in farm record

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Exploring Women Participation in Small-scale Dairy Farming: A Case of Paikgachha Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh

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“…It was observed from Table 2 that overall, significant (P≤0.01) majority (44.89%) of farm women were participating in decision making regarding the purchase of roughages and feeding of animals, followed by not participating (28.40%) and self-decision (26.66%) whereas Krishna et al [8] and Patel et al [4] reported that 77.33% and 67.00% of farm women were participating in decision making regarding purchase of roughages.…”

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“…[12], Mulugeta and Amsalu [13] and Kaur and Kaur [8] who reported that majority of women were taking self-decision regarding sale of milk. In contrast with the findings of Krishna et al [8] where majority (73.33%) of farm women were participating in decision making regarding sale of milk.…”

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Involvement of Women Dairy Farmers in Decision Making Regarding Dairy Farm Activities in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India

Keerthi,

Anitha,

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An investigation was carried out to study the decision making of 225 women dairy farmers regarding dairy farm activities in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. The data was collected by administering the interview schedule to the respondents. The data collected during the period of study was scrutinized and tabulated. The study revealed that majority of farm women were participating in decision making regarding taking loans (82.67%), health care of animals (80.00%), management of newborn calves (80.00%), insurance of animals (73.33%), culling of uneconomic animals (73.33%), construction of animal sheds (58.67%), and breeding practices (56.00%) in Narasaraopeta division. .Majority of women dairy farmers in Pedaravuru division were participating in decision making regarding farm expansion (64.00%), purchase of loans (61.33%) and insurance of animals (60.00%) whereas majority of women in Guntur division were participating in decision making in purchase of roughages and feeding of animals (64.00%). Overall, significant (P≤0.01) majority of farm women were participating in decision making regarding purchase of roughages and feeding of animals (44.89%). Only 13.30%, 12.40%, 11.60% and 6.70% were participating in decision making regarding management of pregnant animals, management of sick animals, utility of dung and adoption of scientific management practices, respectively. Overall, 35.60% and 12.90% were regularly participating in decision making regarding preparation of milk products and sale of milk, respectively.

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Involvement of women in decision making of different dairy farm activities

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Exploring Women Participation in Small-scale Dairy Farming: A Case of Paikgachha Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh

Exploring Women Participation in Small-scale Dairy Farming: A Case of Paikgachha Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh

Involvement of Women Dairy Farmers in Decision Making Regarding Dairy Farm Activities in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India

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