Participation of Woman in Agriculture

A Study of Western Uttar Pradesh

Authors

  • Kavita Baliyan The author is Assistant Professor in Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. She is thankful to Prof. A.K. Singh for his guidance in preparing this paper. The paper is based on the doctoral thesis of the author submitted to Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur under the supervision of Prof. A.K. Singh, Director, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

Keywords:

Labour use in agriculture, Women and work, gender based division of labour

Abstract

From the analysis of labour used in agriculture, one observes a clear segregation in agricultural activities by sex. Weeding, cleaning grain and storage of grain are done exclusively by women. Activities related to land preparation, irrigation, and spraying fertilizer and pesticides are generally done by men. Other agricultural operations such as seed collection, dung spraying, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, threshing, and carrying the grains to home are jointly done by the men and women. But all market-related activities like buying agricultural inputs and hiring labour and sale of output are exclusively done by the male members, generally the head of the family. One can conclude from the above analysis that while women share a large burden of agricultural activities, they are assigned an inferior role. Tasks requiring the use of machines, new inputs and market-related activities are controlled by men. Women are mostly involved in lighter manual work and work not related to marketing activities.

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2014-07-01

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Baliyan , K. (2014). Participation of Woman in Agriculture: A Study of Western Uttar Pradesh . Journal of Studies in Dynamics and Change (JSDC), 1(3). Retrieved from https://jsdconline.com/journal/jsdc/index.php/home/article/view/38

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2014): July 2014

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