SUPPLY-DEMAND GAP OF WOMEN WORKERS IN AGRICULTURE

CH. GOWTHAMI¹*, Y. RADHA², K. SUSEELA³, SK. NAFEEZ UMAR^4
1Department of Agricultural Economic, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Department of Agricultural Economic, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
³Department of Agricultural Economic, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economic, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : ch.gowthu555@gmail.com

Received : 01-07-2020     Accepted : 11-07-2020     Published : 15-07-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 13       Pages : 10024 - 10027
Int J Agr Sci 12.13 (2020):10024-10027

Keywords : Women workers, Agriculture, Supply-demand gap, Man days
Academic Editor : K. R. Nethrayini, Dr A D Padhye, Dr Veena Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economic, Agricultural College, Bapatla, 522101, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur, 522 034, Andhra Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted to know the employment opportunities of women workers in agriculture by analysing the supply - demand gap of women workers participating in various agricultural operations in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. Tabular analysis using descriptive statistics was done to achieve the objective. The supply and demand of women workers in agriculture were calculated in terms of man days. The results showed that the supply of women workers was greater than the demand for them in the selected villages, which proves that there exists a larger unemployment of the women workers in agriculture. Hence it is suggested that there should be alternate employment sources for the women workers by promoting agro based industries in the rural areas.

1. Economic survey 2019-2020.
2. Fair labour association (FLA) (2017)
3. Singh P. (2013) Role of Indian Women in Agriculture.
4. World Bank (2020)
5. Warris A., Nirmala B. and Kumar S. A. (2016) African Journal of Agricultural Research, 11 (9), 769-778.
6. Sanghi S., Srija A. and Vijaya S. (2015) Vikalpa, 40 (3), 255-268.