Women in Agriculture: An Ecological and Socio-economic Study of Meghalaya, North East India

Author: Popiha Bordoloi*

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Abstract

Agriculture is the backbone of socio-economic development of India. Women occupies a major part of the society and contribute a remarkable part of agricultural production system in North East Region of India. Although they performed as farmers, laborers and entrepreneurs in the agrarian sector which is linked to the food security and natural resource management, they suffer inequality and discrimination of rights. Maximum of the times the customary rules and practices prevailing in rural areas creates preventive consequences for women which limits the access to the key resources such as land and credit. So, there is a need to address the significance of involvement of women in agriculture analytically for rural development which leads to economic growth of the region. The present study was conducted at Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya during the year 2017 and 2018 through a cross sectional study on 357 women selected randomly to study the status and involvement of women in agriculture for

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Women in Agriculture, Socio-economic study, Meghalaya, North East India.