Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University
Online published on 27 September, 2019.
The contribution of rural women to agriculture production and rural development is mostly unappreciated in spite of their dominant role in the sector. Women are taking a significant proportion of the total burden of survival and sustenance of agriculture and rural development. Therefore they deserve to get recognition in decision making process in agriculture. Existence of patriarchal society with other socio-economic factors affects women involvement in decision making process. Present study examines the involvement of rural women in decision making process in agricultural activities and attempts to identify the factors influencing their participation in decision making process. It concludes with the result that in spite of their active participation in agriculture activities, involvement of women in decision making process is not much impressive. Socio economic factors like caste, religion, type of family, education have significantly influence female workforce participation in decision making process in agriculture.
