A Study of Participation of Rural Farm Women in Cauliflower Cultivation in Ghaziabad District

Abstract

A survey had been conducted in Hapur and Bhojpur blocks of the Ghaziabad district. Ten villages from each block were purposively selected for the study. The study was conducted to know the participation of rural farm women in cauliflower cultivation, their participation in decision making process, involvement of farm women in work during cauliflower cultivation. The findings of the study show that the knowledge level of farm women regarding cauliflower cultivation was not satisfactory. Their involvement in decision making process is very low in cauliflower cultivation. Rural farm women were having high level of involvement in work in agricultural operations of cauliflower. The overall participation of rural women in cauliflower cultivation in high, 39 percent of the women were having high !~vel of participation in cauliflower cultivation. Based on the results obtained in the present study, it can be concluded that rural farm women actively participate in all agricultural practices of cauliflower cultivation but in decision making they are not actively participating due to illiteracy and male dominancy in the society. So women play a very pivotal role in agricultural production.