An exploring scenario of gender earning differential in flower trading market in peculiar flower Growing districts of Uttar Pradesh

In flower crop production area about 60 percent of working women are involved marketing agents in the domestic trade market of flower crop in Uttar Pradesh. Lower income of both women and male retailers are difference in quantity of flower traded, profit per unit for types of flower traded, types of market and period of trading flowers. Institutional credit is the urgent need of this hour for both male and female marketing agents to make domestic trade market of flower crop more profitable for marketing agents. Some schemes need to be launched by the institutional sources including government for providing greater supply of credit to these marketing agents.