Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Extension Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal-637002, Tamil Nadu
* E-mail address: narmadaext@gmail.com
Online published on 20 March, 2012.
A study was conducted among the140 goat farmers of Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu with the objective of identifying gender-wise division of labour and decision making in goat farming. The study revealed that women were mainly involved in routine activities like feeding, watering, grazing, cleaning and care of young ones. But joint activities and decision making were high in sale of animals, credit acquisition and use and income spending
Decision making, Gender, Goat farming, Labour
