A critique of status of dairy farm women empowerment and its determinants in tamil nadu

Abstract

This study was undertaken among 400 dairy farm women in Salem (North-Western zone) and Vellore district (North-Eastern zone) of Tamil Nadu to estimate the level of women empowerment and factors contributing women empowerment among the milk pouring families. Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) successfully used in IFRI project was adopted and translated in regional language. A well-structured interview schedule was prepared and data collected through personal interview of the dairy farm women by the trained field enumerators. The findings showed that 26.75 per cent of the dairy farm women were empowered and Empowerment Index (5DE) was 0.6801.The intensity of disempowerment (Ap) and Disempowerment Index (Mo) were 0.4367 and 0.3199 respectively. The dairy farm women in formal milk marketing had lesser intensity of disempowerment and disempowerment index than dairy farm women with informal milk marketing.