The Pharma Innovation Journal 2018; 7(10): 288-290 ISSN (E): 2277- 7695 ISSN (P): 2349-8242 NAAS Rating: 5.03 Personal and socio-economic characteristics of the farm TPI 2018; 7(10): 288-290 © 2018 TPI women in Tikamgarh district (M.P.) www.thepharmajournal.com Received: 18-08-2018 Accepted: 20-09-2018 Kajal Kumari Chauhan and Dr. AK Pande Kajal Kumari Chauhan M.Sc. (Ag) Department of Abstract Extension Education, Jnkvv, Farm women play a vital role in the agriculture. Personal and Socio economic conditions are indicators Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, of life style of rural farming community. Farm women participate in the agricultural activities such as India agriculture labour, working in the family, dairying and many agricultural allied activities. Hence, the present study focuses on the Personal and socio economic status of the farm women. The present study Dr. AK Pande entitled “Participation of Farm women In Agricultural Activities In Tikamgarh District (M.P.)”. The total Professor, Department of sample size consists of 120 farm women selected from 6 villages of Tikamgarh block of Tikamgarh Extension Education, Jnkvv, district. The study reveals that higher percentage of the farm women were belonged to middle age group, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, acquired primary school education, belonged to other backward class, belonged to nuclear family, India medium family size, having small size of land holding, having medium farming experience, belonged to farming group, having medium annual income, having medium knowledge level, having medium social participation and having medium extension participation. Keywords: women, socio economic characteristics, allied, labour farm Introduction Rural women perform a variety of roles, of which are of greater economic significance. While men went out hunting in search of food, women started gathering seeds from the native flora and began cultivating those of interest from the point of view of food, feed, fodder, fibre and fuel. Women have played and continue to play a key role in the conservation of basic life support systems such as land, water, flora and fauna. They have protected the health of the soil through organic recycling and promoted crop security through the maintenance of varietal diversity and genetic resistance. That women play a significant and crucial role in agricultural development and allied fields including in the main crop production, livestock production, horticulture, post-harvest operations, agro/ social forestry, fisheries, etc. In order that farm women get a fair deal at the hands of change agents, one of the remedial measures that needs to be undertaken is to induct a sizeable number of well-trained women personnel in training and extension programmes of agricultural development agencies at all levels and more so at the grass-root level1. Hence, the present study aimed to determine the socio economic status of the farm women. Material and Methods The location of the study was Tikamgarh district in (M.P.) state. The farm women were interviewed to collect information on personal and social economic status of farm women. This study has been carried out in 6 blocks of Tikamgarh district. The investigation was performed on 120 farm women were selected out of which 20 farm women an equal number from each village were randomly selected for the study. A detailed schedule was formulated and used to elicit the information on various aspects related to the factors such as age, education, size of family, type of family, occupation, income, land holding were collected by well-structured questionnaire through personal interview method. The data was quantified, classified and tabulated and expressed in frequencies percentages and standard deviation was carried out. Correspondence Kajal Kumari Chauhan M.Sc. (Ag) Department of Extension Education, Jnkvv, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India ~ 288 ~ The Pharma Innovation Journal Result and Discussion Table 1: Personal and socio-economic characteristics of the farm women S. No. Categories Frequency Percentage 1 Young (up to 35 years) 42 35.00 Age Middle(36 – 55 years) 58 48.33 Old (Above 55 years) 20 16.67 Illiterate 31 25.84 Up to primary 46 38.33 2 Education Up to middle 21 17.50 High school 15 12.50 Higher secondary 07 5.83 Scheduled caste/ Scheduled tribes 36 30.00 3 Caste Other backward classes 50 41.67 General 34 28.33 Nuclear family 67 58.83 4 (a) Family Type Joint family 53 41.17 Small (Up to 4 members) 32 26.67 (b) Size of family Medium (5-8 members) 48 40.00 Large (above 8 Members) 40 33.33 Marginal farmers ( up to1 ha) 32 26.67 Small farmers ( 1.01 - 2 ha) 55 45.83 5 Land holding Medium farmers ( 2.1 - 4 ha) 20 16.67 Large farmers ( above 4 ha) 13 10.83 Low (Up to 5 years) 33 27.50 6 Farming experience Medium (5 – 10 years) 55 45.83 High (Above 10 years) 32 26.67 Solely Farming 45 37.51 Farming + Labour 40 33.33 7 Occupation Farming+ Shop 13 10.83 Farming + caste occupation 22 18.33 Low ( Less than Rs. 50,000 /) 33 27.50 8 Annual income Medium(Rs.50,0001/ -1,00,000/) 65 54.17 High(More than Rs. 1,00,0001 /) 22 18.33 Low ( 1 to 8 score) 35 29.17 9 Knowledge level Medium( 9 – 16 score ) 58 48.33 High (17 – 24 score) 27 22.50 Low (1 to 6 score) 32 26.67 10 Social participation Medium (7 – 12 score) 45 37.50 High (13 -18 score) 43 35.83 No participation 00 00.00 Low (1 to 2 score ) 40 33.33 11 Extension participation Medium ( 3 – 4 score) 45 37.50 High ( 5 – 6 score) 35 29.17 It is clear from the result (table 1) criteria of the personal and participation group and the higher percentage of the farm socio economic characteristics of farm women that nearly half women (37.50%) had medium extension participation. of the total farm women (48.33%) were in middle age group, The higher percentage of the farm women (38.33%) were Conclusion educated up to primary level and higher percentage of farm It can be concluded that higher percentage of farm women women (41.67%) belonged to other backward class category. belonged medium age followed by primary education group, More than half of the total respondents (58.33%) were from other backward caste, nuclear family, medium family size, nuclear family group followed by most of the farm women small land holding,5-10 years farming experience, solely had medium size of family (40%), Most of the farm women farming occupation, medium annual income, knowledge had small size of land holding (45.83%). 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