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- Title
Participation of Rural Women in Dairy Farming in Karnataka.
- Authors
Ilakal, Vijaykumar; Jagrathi, D.; Hugar, L. B.; Patil, S. S.; Kammar, Mouneshwari
- Abstract
A survey based study was carried out to ascertain the role and participation of rural women in dairy farming, using a pretested interview schedule by personal interview for sample size of 180 rural women in Bidar district, Karnataka (India). The socio-personal study revealed that majority (60%) of the women farmers was young (18-35 years) and half of men dairy farmers were in middle age group (36-50 years). In case of education level, more than half of women and men farmers were educated up to primary level and one third of them studied up to high school. About 25 operations of dairy farming were selected in consultation with experts and were broadly categorized into four aspects as feeding and watering, dairy management, animal health care and processing and marketing activities. The study revealed that under women management, highest women employed in processing and marketing of milk (24.6 man days/year) and highest men employed in feeding and watering activities (18.7 man days/year). Similarly in case of men dairy farmers, highest women employed in processing and marketing of milk (24.8 man days/year) and highest men employed in feeding and watering activities (21.1 man days/year). The study concluded that women participated mostly in only because women were comparatively experts in preparation of curd, ghee, butter and khova and they could not engaged themselves in other activities which involved physical straining like chaffing and storage of fodder and there is a need to educate farm women about scientific management practices and mechanization of dairy farming for increasing livestock production.
- Subjects
WOMEN dairy farmers; DAIRY farmers; DAIRY industry; DAIRY farms; AGRICULTURAL scientists
- Publication
Research Journal of Agricultural Science, 2013, Vol 4, p648
- ISSN
2066-1843
- Publication type
Article