Uprising of women participation in agricultural marketing

Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and technology. But this latest emergence is not capable of plummeting the ignorance of women labour as an integral part of this industry. In developing countries like India, agriculture continues to absorb and employ female work force but fails to give them recognition of employed/hired labour. Women constituted 38 per cent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries. It is also estimated that 45.3 per cent of the agricultural labour force consists of women. But a large number of women have remained as “invisible workers”. Since there has been concern expressed regarding the gap between women's actual economic participation and public perception of it several researchers have attempted to overcome this invisibility through this study. This study is highlighting the trend of female participation in agriculture and allied activities. The primary data collated for the study is used to study the growth trend of the agricultural worker. Analysis is done to categorize the roles of women and their participation in agriculture by hierarchical clustering of economically active female in agriculture based on necessary statically tolls and techniques.