The study has been carried out in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu to assess the gender based knowledge and awareness, extent of use, perception, resource use and economics, benefits realized and constraints in adoption of IPM technology in small onion. The study is based on the data collected from 60 IPM adopters and 60 non-IPM adopters during 2010–2011. The study has revealed that the percentage of women possessing land was only 3.33 per cent, implying that access to land for women was very low. Decision on crop selection by men and women jointly was 43 per cent in IPM farms, whereas in non-IPM farms, men alone took decision in 53 per cent cases, indicating that decision-making on crop selection by women was poor in both the cases. The decision on varietal selection by men alone was 50 per cent and 38–43 per cent by both the genders. Both men and women were able to identify the infestation caused by pest and disease in both the farms. All the sample IPM farmers were aware of bio-inputs and IPM components. Low pesticide-use and convenience to use by both the genders, higher yield, and higher income were the major impacts perceived by all the sample IPM farmers. Women labour-use was higher in onion compared to men labour and also was higher in IPM farms. Higher yield (by 676 kg/ha) and higher net income (by
Gender analysis, awareness level, IPM technology, small onion, Tamil Nadu, women farmers
