Vol. 7, Special Issue 6 (2019)
Contribution of farm women in vegetable cultivation: An empirical study of Bihar
Author(s): Sonam Roy, Anil Paswan, Chandan Kumar Panda, RK Sohane and S Divakar
Abstract: We can’t deny the fact that vegetable production contributes highly in income as well as employment of our country. A large number of women are participating in vegetable cultivation activities. They are not only involving in production related work but also have a great knowledge about cultivation practices right from beginning to end. Vegetable growing is very much popular among farm women due to their high economic value and market availability. So, there is a need of increasing farm women knowledge as well as their requirement for training about vegetable production. The main aim of this study was to analyse the contribution of farm women in vegetable cultivation. Data was collected from 120 women vegetable growers in Bhagalpur district through schedule. It was concluded that participation of farm women was the highest in case of manually weed control (83.34 per cent), washing of crops (tomato, carrot, radish) (80 per cent) and land clearing of vegetable field (76.66 per cent).
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Sonam Roy, Anil Paswan, Chandan Kumar Panda, RK Sohane and S Divakar. Contribution of farm women in vegetable cultivation: An empirical study of Bihar. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2019; 7(6): 412-415.
