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Participation of Rural Women in Homestead Agricultural Activities

H. M. SHAMSUR RAHMAN
MS. Student
Dept, of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted to determine the extent of participation of the rural women in homestead agricultural activities and to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the rural women and their participation in homestead agricultural activities during July to December 2007. Findings revealed that highest proportion (73 percent) of the rural women had medium participation in homestead agricultural activities compared to 20 and 7 percent having low participation and high participation respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that seven variables namely, farm size, family income, cosmopolite ness, extension contact, agricultural training, knowledge on homestead agricultural activities and attitude towards homestead agriculture of the rural women had significant positive and other two variables namely, age and education of the rural women had no significant relationship with their participation in homestead agricultural activities. On the basis of descending order of the Problem Confrontation Index (PCI), ‘lack of necessary agricultural land’ ranked first followed by ‘lack of sufficient fertilizers’, ‘lack of necessary knowledge’, ‘lack of necessary capital’, ‘lack of quality seeds’, ‘lack of extension workers’, ‘lack of sufficient insecticides’, ‘lack of marketing opportunities’, and ‘lack of communication facilities’. Lack of cooperation of male ranked last.

Keywords: Participation, Rural women, Homestead agricultural activities

Location: Dept, of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

Start Date: 00-07-2007

End Date: 00-12-2007

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Social status

Objectives:

1.To determine the extent of participation of the rural women in homestead agricultural activities and

2.To explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the rural women and their participation in homestead agricultural activities

Methodology:

Population and Sample Size

Two villages were selected randomly from the study area. There were 2048 rural households in these two villages. Therefore, 2048 housewives (rural women) of these households constituted the population of the study. Among them one hundred rural women were selected randomly as sample of the study using a by using random selection method taking 5% of the population. Data were collected from the sample using a pre-tested interview schedule. Besides, 10 percent of the samples i.e. 10 rural women were selected from the population as reserves who were supposed to be interviewed only when respondents in the original list found unavailable during data collection.

Measurement of Dependent Variable Rural women generally perform a number

Compilation of Data

After completion of field survey all the data of the interview schedule were compiled. Local units were converted into standard unit. Appropriate coding and scoring technique was followed to convert the qualitative data into quantitative forms.

Statistical Analysis

Statistical measure such as number, percentage, minimum-maximum, rank order etc. Mean and standard deviation were used in describing the independent and dependent variables of the study.

Source of Information: M.S. Thesis, SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2007, Dept, of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

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Achievement/Findings:

The highest proportion (73 percent) of the rural women had medium participation in homestead agricultural activities compared to 20 and 7 percent having low participation and high participation respectively. Correlation analysis indicated that seven, out of nine independent variables namely, farm size, family income, cosmopolite ness, extension contact, agricultural training, knowledge on homestead agricultural activities and attitude had significant positive and two variables namely, age and education of the rural women had no significant relationship with their participation in homestead agricultural activities.

Knowledge Management: Thesis