Analysis of Women’s Economic Engagement in the Agricultural Economy and Factor Affecting it: A Case Study of Fatehabad District of Haryana State
oraz | 12 lip 2023
Data publikacji: 12 lip 2023
Zakres stron: 317 - 329
Otrzymano: 01 lut 2023
Przyjęty: 01 kwi 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2023-0020
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Subject and purpose of work:
The study analysed women’s contribution to agricultural activities in small, medium and large farm sizes and also examined the socio-economic factors that affect women’s participation in the agricultural sector.
Materials and methods:
The study is entirely based on primary data collected from a field survey with the help of a pre-structured questionnaire. A simple tabulated method and multiple regression method has been employed to make conclusions.
Results:
The study has revealed that the participation of women in the agricultural sector is the highest in the small and medium farm size and selected socio-economic variables explain the 85.4% association with women’s participation in the selected area.
Conclusions:
The study concluded that employment-wise participation of the respondent’s decreases with the increase in farm size and the relationship between women’s participation and farm size, family income and education is statistically significant.