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What is the role of female labour in Sikkim farming sector?

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  • Dwivedy, Nidhi

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The present work has analyzed the existing information about the role of female labour in farming sector in the rural area of Sikkim in North- Eastern India, which covers broadly- gender participation/decision making in crop production and animal husbandry & related activities, possession & gender-wise ownership of domestic animals/land and the extent of accessibility to production resources of sample female farmers. Social science research in the state of Sikkim is inadequate despite several incentives provided by the state government. Nowadays, with voluminous amount of public expenditure on women empowerment schemes, we cannot ignore this issue thus making it unavoidable to empower them also with the intention to fully utilize their caliber in this field. Keeping this in mind, data was collected from 230 female farmers through interviews using a pre-designed schedule from 24 circles from all the four districts of Sikkim State. Based on their subjective judgments, female farmer’s role in farming has been measured and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Some descriptive statistics, such as percentage as well as one sample t-test of inferential statistics is used to interpret the data.Results pertaining to these findings have been discussed in this PPT.

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  • Dwivedy, Nidhi, 2014. "What is the role of female labour in Sikkim farming sector?," MPRA Paper 54872, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:54872
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    Keywords

    Gender participation; Decision making; Access; Production Resources; Production Inputs; Farming Females; Crop production; Animal Husbandry; Gender-Wise Farm Land Status; Cultivators; Agriculture Labourers; Traditional Knowledge; Integrated Farming; Sikkim.;
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    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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