DECISION MAKING OF FARM WOMEN IN DAIRY OCCUPATION

Abstract

Farm women's decision making in dairy occupation affects their overall efficiency in the development of dairy occupation but adequate attention is not being paid for the economic development of farm women and to encourage them to avail training facilities on dairy management practices for supplementing their family income through development and application of occupational skills and proficiency. The present study was conducted in Banaskantha district of Gujarat state. From Banaskantha District, four talukas were selected randomly. From selected three taluka, four villages each and from one taluka three villages were selected constituting 15 villages and ten farm women were selected randomly from each village having dairy occupation making a sample of 150 farm women. Overall decision making of farm women in dairy occupation was found largest in the aspect of feeding followed by milk and milk products, breeding, management and general aspects. It was observed that majority of farm women were found medium level of decision making in dairy occupation. The independent variable like social participation, source of information, knowledge and size of land holding were highly significant while, herd size was significantly correlated with the decision making of the farm women in dairy occupation.