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Rural Women in Livestock and Fisheries Production Activities: an Empirical Study on Some Selected Coastal Villages in Bangladesh

Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh

Qijie Gao
Professor, Rural Development and Management China Agricultural University, China

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Progressive participation of women in agriculture is evident throughout the Globe. Their participation in fisheries and livestock sector is well recognized but less perceived due to paucity of sufficient data. Considering this fact the present study had been designed to examine women?s participation in fisheries and livestock activities as well as influence of selected socio-economic factors on their participation in some selected coastal villages of Bangladesh. For achieving research objectives a well structured interview schedule was administered on 70 randomly selected rural women during the period of September, 2010. Descriptive statistics exhibit that almost three quarter of the respondents had moderate to high level participation in fisheries and livestock activities. Among the fisheries related activities women had highest participation in feed application (M=1.528) while cleaning cattle shed (M=2.914) and giving feed to poultry birds (M=4.571) occupied the top ranks for cattle and poultry related activities. According to correlation estimates agricultural knowledge and family size had strong positive correlation with women?s participation where as education and family income had negative significant correlation with women's participation in fisheries and livestock activities. Stepwise multiple regression mirrored that family size, agricultural knowledge and education jointly contribute to 25.6% variance in women's participation in fisheries and livestock activities.

Keywords: Rural women, Participation, Fisheries and livestock activates

Location: Selected villages of a coastal district in Bangladesh known as Patuakhali

Start Date: 00-00-2010

End Date: 00-00-2010

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Analysis and interpretations, Income generation

Objectives:

1. To describe some selected socioeconomic characteristics of women in selected coastal villages. 2. Examine the involvement of women farmers in livestock and fisheries activities in some selected coastal villages. 3. Analyze influence of selected socioeconomic factors on women?s role in livestock and fisheries production.

Methodology:

This study was conducted in some selected villages of a coastal district in Bangladesh known as Patuakhali. This district found its position in the south-western part of the county where main occupation for living is agriculture and fishing. Small scale homestead based rearing of livestock and poultry is also common. Primary data were collected using a structured interview schedule from a sample of 70 female farmers during the period September, 2010. Simple descriptive statistics such as mean, median, standard deviation and range were used to achieve objective 1. Women involvement in livestock and fisheries activities was measured by a six point scale on 21 selected items. To be precise about the participation of women we also consider whether they do the selected activities alone or with other male and/or female companion. The response categories on the scale were Solely(regular) =5, solely(irregular) =4, with other (female) =3, with other (male) =2 and with others (both male and female) =1 and no participation= 0. Hence, score of women?s participation in 21 selected items could range from 0-105. To have a deeper understanding about women involvement in the selected activities and reach objective 2, a ranking was done on the basis of mean value of each item (Javed et al., 2006).„Pearson's correlation test' and Stepwise multiple regression analysis was used to achieve objective 3. All the analysis of data was done by SPSS 11.5 software.

Source of Information: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2(4), pp. 658-667.

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Achievement/Findings:

From the findings it was concluded that almost 75% women had moderate to high level participation in selected fisheries and livestock activities. According to mean values top ranked activities related to fisheries, cattle and poultry sector were feed application (M=1.528), cleaning cattle shed (M=2.914) and giving feed to poultry birds (M=4.71). Correlation coefficient revealed that agricultural knowledge and family size had strong significant relationship while education level and family income had significant negative relationship with women's participation in fisheries and livestock activities. The estimated of Stepwise Multiple Regression exhibit that three variables namely family size, agricultural knowledge and education jointly contribute 25.6% variance in women's participation in livestock and fisheries activities.

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