Journal of Krishi Vigyan
Open Access
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: special

Socio-economic profile of Tribal Farm women and its relationship towards involvement in Agriculture Practices in Chhotaudepur District of Gujarat State

College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Jabugam-391 155 (Gujarat)

*Corresponding Author's Email: chandravadiakiran@gmail.com

Online published on 7 March, 2019.

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to investigate Tribal farm women's profile and its relationship towards involvement in agriculture practices in chhotaudepur district of Gujarat state. For the study total 90 tribal farm women were selected randomly. The personal interview technique was used for collecting information from respondents. The results revealed that majority of the farm women were in middle aged group, educated up to primary level, had 6 to 10 yr experience in agriculture practices, animal husbandry plus farming as their occupation, small size of land holding, annual income up to Rs. 50, 000/-, belonged to joint family, having membership in one organization, medium mass media exposure, medium extension contact and medium cosmopolitans. Significant correlate was observed with education, experience in agriculture practices, occupation, land holding, annual income, family type, social participation, mass media exposure, extension contact and cosmopolitans in agriculture practices.

Keywords

Age, Education, Occupation, Land holding, social participation