Comparison of Time Utilization of Urban, Rural and Tribal Farmwomen in Farming and Post-Harvest Activities
Abstract
Farm women constitute so significant part of working women population in our
country that it necessitates a fuller understanding of their status and role not only as they
now are but as they may be in future. The study was carried out from two agro–climatic
zones of Maharashtra. Nanded district was selected from Central Maharashtra Plateau
zone and Nagpur district was selected from Central Vidarbha zone. This research consist
sample of 409 farmwomen for farming activities and 410 farmwomen for post-harvest
activities from urban, rural and tribal areas. In the present study, time spending pattern of
the respondents was compared in farming and post-harvest activities for rabi and kharif
seasons. Time spending of the respondents in both the seasons was recorded in days per
year. Overall it can be concluded that tribal respondents under this study utilized more
time i.e. 126.67 days per year for performing the farming activities followed by rural
women who spent 123.05 days. Urban women spent comparatively less time i.e. 104.06
days for farming activities. For the post-harvest activities, urban women spent 77.93 days
per year whereas tribal women spent 47.82 days followed by rural women who spent
46.37 days for both the seasons per year.
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