Participation of Tribal Women in Agricultural and Allied Activities in Tribal Valley Gurez Jammu and Kashmir

A study on “Participation of tribal women in Agriculture and allied in Gurez valley of Jammu and Kashmir” was carried out in six villages of Baghtour block of Gurez of Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir with total of 90 respondents to carry out the investigation about the extent of participation of tribal women in agricultural and allied activities. The data was collected with the help of pre-structured interview schedule and the collected data was then subjected to appropriate statistical analysis to yield the results such as, Tribal women are almost engaged in all the agricultural activities right from selection of land, preparation of land and up to the final storage of the produce. Apart from agricultural activities, the tribal women were found to take active role in some allied activities also which include post-harvest management and livestock rearing.