Abstract
This study was carried out to identify the factor which influences rural women’s income after participation in small-scale agricultural farming, their contribution to the household, as well as their empowerment status. This research was conducted in Jinaigati upazila of Sherpur district in Bangladesh. A total of 80 respondents (women) from this upazilla of Sherpur were selected purposively using simple random sampling. The quantitative data were collected by in depth interviewing of the 80 respondents through personal interview. The quantitative analytical tools used to attain specific objectives included various descriptive statistics, functional analysis, multiple regression co-efficient, used to identify the factors of influencing women’s income through small-scale agricultural farming. Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) used through different problems identified scores. In accordance with the results of the educational level of woman, other sources of income, experience and training, access to credit, decision-making ability have a positive influence on rural women’s income, and these variables were statistically significant. From the Problem Confrontation Index, it was found that lack of capital was the first ranked problem, need-based training the second ranked problem, high interest rate the third ranked problem, insufficient farm size the fourth ranked problem, and lack of quality of seed the fifth ranked problem. Their income from this brought remarkable positive change in their life and they had better control over their decisions and income. Finally, their active economical participation in small-scale farming assists them to overcome prejudice, socio-economic barriers, and highest empowerment attainment in the context of Bangladesh—and, if the government takes proper initiative in terms of gender policy, then rural women’s income and livelihood status will be increased remarkably.
Highlights
Women’s well-being is determined by self-esteem and harmony in relationships
Agricultural production is a source of employment opportunity for mostly unemployed and unpaid rural women, and can increase the income of women, which may result in the better use of household resources and improved livelihood
Migration of the male members from rural to urban, the role of rural women is changing from unpaid family labor to farm managers, a phenomenon termed “Feminization of agriculture”
Summary
Radovic-Markovic, Nelson-Watchman, and Omolaja [1] defined entrepreneurship as the formation of entrepreneurial affiliations, which plan to guarantee the improvement of crucial economic, social, and different changes in rural areas It would be achieved through people making innovations and governmental strategy considering putting resources into rural entrepreneurship. It is possible to overcome these glitches by employing rural women in their most suitable employment sector—agriculture In this context, small scale agriculture such as livestock and poultry, vegetable farming, and petty enterprises are involved in the planned strategy for providing balanced development of the economy of poor women in Bangladesh. To find the major barriers of rural women and their suggested recommendation in their areas This analysis was achieved via the review of literature on women’s participation in small-scale agricultural farming or empowerment of rural women through income-generating activities. This study tried to investigate rural women’s involvement in small-scale agricultural farming and its effect on their household
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