STUDY ON DRUDGERY FACED BY MAN AND WOMEN IN PADDY CULTIVATION

ANSHU¹*, S.K. VARMA^2
1Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
²Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : anshugahlawat3@gmail.com

Received : 03-12-2018     Accepted : 27-12-2018     Published : 30-12-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 24       Pages : 7637 - 7638
Int J Agr Sci 10.24 (2018):7637-7638

Keywords : Women, Man, Drudgery
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In developing countries, one third of total population was peasant and women. Women get only one tenth of the total income of the world and were owner of less than 1 percent assets. The physical strain of female farmers seems to be too high because of heavy work tasks done by them in agriculture. The study was conducted in Kurukshetra district of Haryana state with the objective of analyzing drudgery in paddy cultivation. Result showed that the women devoted 9.5 man days and man devoted 9.6 man days in cultivation of one acre of paddy still the results appear to lend support that most drudgery ridden tasks are assigned to women. The data revealed that in case of women respondent age, caste and size of family found to be significantly but negatively correlated with drudgery in paddy cultivation this might be due to the fact that respondents of younger age group, belonging to lower caste, having large family were working as agricultural labours on others farms used to undertake higher drudgery load in paddy cultivation operations.

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