Participation of Farm Women in Rural Dairy Enterprise-A Review

Dairying is one of the important enterprise, which supports the rural households by providing gainful employment and steady income. Most of the activities related to rural dairy enterprise are carried out by farm women. They were mostly involved in cleaning of animal shed & utensils, milking, care of animals & newborn calf and compost making. Under feeding management women involved actively in feeding, watering, collection of fodder, storage of concentrates, feeding the young calf and soaking of concentrates. Under breeding taking animals for pregnancy diagnosis, care during pregnancy and arranging bedding materials during parturition were performed by farm women. They also took care of healthcare activities like care of sick animals, diagnosis of common diseases and vaccination, etc. Farm women were comparatively less involved in record keeping, banking, processing and marketing activities related to rural dairy enterprise.