Socio-economic status of farm women and constraints encountered by them in agriculture and allied systems in Jammu district

Current paper focuses on sociodemographic situation of farm women and constraints they face in agricultural sector of Jammu district. Using multistage sampling technique three blocks were purposively selected from both irrigated and unirrigated areas. Two villages from each block and 10 households from each village were randomly selected and interviewed using pre-tested schedule. Results revealed that average age of farm women was between 30 and 50 years; 58.33% of farm women lacked literacy and only 22.5% had any form of intermediate education. Of the marginal farmers, 85.83 percent were women, and 57.50 percent of those women had 30 or more years of expertise in agriculture. Poor prices of the output and lack of timely financing availability were biggest obstacles for farm women in unirrigated and irrigated ecosystems, respectively.