INTERACTIVE ROLE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF MALES AND FEMALES IN DAIRY FARMING ACTIVITIES IN KANPUR NAGAR, UTTAR PRADESH

D. CHAUHAN¹*, R. DAYAL^2
1Chandra Shekar Azad University of Agriculture& Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Chandra Shekar Azad University of Agriculture& Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : deepali_chauhan20@rediffmail.com

Received : 25-01-2019     Accepted : 27-06-2019     Published : 30-06-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 12       Pages : 8656 - 8657
Int J Agr Sci 11.12 (2019):8656-8657

Keywords : X2 test, Socio-economic characteristics, Milking, Random sampling
Academic Editor : Dr Ajaykumar Sureshbhai Patel
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Chandra Shekar Azad University of Agriculture& Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In India, dairy farming is highly gender sensitive because most of the dairy activities are generally performed by female workers with less or no contributions from the male counterpart. Women constitute seventy one percent of labour force in livestock sector. In present study, an attempt has been made to find out association between personal and socio-economic profile of male and female dairy workers and their involvement in milking operation. Descriptive research design was adopted for conducting field survey. Total 120 respondents (60males and60 females) of three villages namely Hirdaypur, Ishwariganj and Dharmpur From Kalyanpur block of District Kanpur (U.P.) were selected for data collection. Multistage random sampling was used to select the study area and respondents. X2 test was used to find out association between personal and socio-economics profile of respondents and their involvement in milking operation. Results showed significant association between personal and socio-economics profile of respondents and their involvement in milking operation.

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