GENDER PARTICIPATION AND DRUDGERY IN MULBERRY CULTIVATION

G.R. SHIVANANDA GOWDA¹, M.T. LAKSHMINARAYAN², PREETHI³*
¹Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
²University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
³Scientist (Agricultural Extension), ICAR-Krishi Vignana Kendra, Babbur Farm, Hiriyur, Chitrdurga, 577598, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : preethiuahs@gmail.com

Received : 03-01-2023     Accepted : 28-01-2023     Published : 30-01-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 1       Pages : 12184 - 12187
Int J Agr Sci 15.1 (2023):12184-12187

Keywords : Gender, Participation, Mulberry cultivation, Drudgery
Academic Editor : Dr Prashant Shrivastava
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India and ICAR-Krishi Vignana Kendra, Babbur Farm, Hiriyur, Chitrdurga, 577598, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in ten villages of two taluks in Ramanagara district in Karnataka state during 2021-22 to analyse the extent of participation of farm men and women in mulberry cultivation activities and to document the drudgeries faced by farm men and women in mulberry cultivation activities. Sixty farm men and 60 women practising sericulture formed the sample and the respondents were interviewed using a pre-tested schedule. Activities like deep digging, application of manure, micro nutrients and plant protection chemicals and irrigation were performed by majority of the farm men, while preparation of mulberry cuttings and weeding operations were performed by majority of farm men and women. The ‘t’ value (1.81) was found to be significant at five per cent level indicating that there exists a significant difference in the mean participation score between the farm men (8.10) and women (6.99) in respect of mulberry cultivation activities. Age, education, experience in sericulture, innovativeness, achievement motivation, management orientation, risk orientation, economic motivation, attitude towards sericulture, farming commitment, mass media exposure, training in sericulture, extension agency contact, farm scientist contacts and extension participation of farm men and women were having significant to highly significant association with the participation in mulberry cultivation activities. Backache, headache, neck pain, blisters, lesions, and eye irritation were the health hazards/drudgeries faced by both the sexes in mulberry cultivation activities

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