Role of Farm Women in Rice Cultivation and their Training Needs

An investigation was carried out in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh during 2014–15. To assess the role of farm women in rice farming and their training needs. Out of Sixteen blocks three blocks namely Salempur, Bhatpar Rani and Bhatni were selected purposively for this study. From each block three villages were selected, so total nine villages were selected. Fifteen farm women from each adopted villages belonging to both the categories were selected randomly for the study. A total of 135 numbers of samples were taken for the study purpose. The role of farm women in various activities of rice cultivation was collected with the help of a pre structured interview schedule. It was concluded that all farm women participated in storage and preservation, while no one participated in land preparation. Though, the role of farm women in insect, pest and disease management was found very poor, yet, their perception for need of training on the subject secured the second highest rank i.e., behind the variety selection. Majority of farm women avail information from the co-farmers and need of the training was found immaterial for most of the farm women was detected as the major constraints in dissemination of knowledge through training.