The Study on Women's Participation in Chinese Chives Cultivation in Imphal East District of Manipur

Abstract

Women are the backbone of agriculture , in Manipur .Women participation in Chinese Chives cultivation become tradition and practiced in Imphal East , Manipur . Due to rich opportunities for enhancement of income and it suit both marginal and small scale land holder make creation of every women family employment round the year . The average female’s work forces contribution in Manipur is 43.43%. Almost all women in rural Manipur can be considered as a farmer in some sense . Women in Manipur work as agricultural labour or work as unpaid agricultural labour in the family agricultural farm.