Role of rural women

Gender issues and gender inequality still exist in many countries, especially in remote and poor rural areas. Rural women often suffer from economic disadvantages, low self-confidence in the family and community, and limited access to health, social services, and extension services, which leads to lesser decisionmaking roles in the production and business of households and in leadership at work.

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Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Handbook of agricultural economics - Vol 1A: Agricultural production" provides readers with contents including: human capital - education and agriculture; women's roles in the agricultural household - bargaining and human capital investments; human capital - migration and rural population change; agricultural finance - credit, credit constraints, and consequences; economic impacts of agricultural research and extension; the agricultural producer - theory and statistical measurement;...

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The technology approach to business can be a solution to obtain an efficient and innovative business process. This study aims to identify the role of information and communication technology to address the various business barriers of small business run by women in rural areas in Indonesia. The results of the study show that women entrepreneurs in rural areas of Indonesia are familiar with internetbased information technology, but only a small number have used it as a supportive instrument for business development.

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Young unmarried women including those living with HIV, migrated at a magnitude similar to that of their male counterparts, and lowered as ART coverage increased over time, reflecting the role of improved HIV services across space in reducing out-migration. A deeper understanding of the characteristics of a migrating population provides critical information towards identifying and addressing gaps in the HIV prevention and care continuum in an era of high mobility.

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This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to examine the role of status seeking in the relationship between income inequality and savings. Results show that households living in provinces with higher income inequality are likely to save more to improve their social status, which is consistent with statusseeking hypothesis.

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The study was conducted on 120 trainee’s rural women in Madhya Pradesh state to ascertain their socio-economic characteristics. The socio economic involvement of women is related to their status and role in the family and the society. Women is the back bone of agriculture, comprise the majority of agricultural labours in Madhya Pradesh. It is recognized that women’s participation in income enhancing activities to increase their socio economic status and power in the society.

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Keeping the above fact in view this study was carried out to see the hidden infection by organizing camps and door to door service to find out affected women who need treatment and counseling for these infections at right time so that spread and complications can be prevented.

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It believed that the domestication of animals and crops was done by the women in the ancient age, thereby initiated the art and science of farming. In the present context, rural women folk are extensively involved in agricultural and allied activities, their work has been increased from home to land and vice-versa.

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The number of female-headed households is increasing as a result of civil wars. The IAASTD describes this as „the feminisation of agriculture‟ that is having profound and far-reaching effects, both positive and negative. Compared to men, women and girls are still more severely affected by poverty, hunger and disease. When food is scarce, female family members often get the smallest portions. On the labour market, women are literally paid starvation wages. Mothers also suffer most from lack of medical care and balanced diets.

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The entitlements of women farmers will be the key to improve agriculture productivity, It said, even as it noted that there is an increasing number of women in multiple roles in agriculture sector, as cultivators entrepreneurs and laborers. Alongside, it is focusing on women self – help groups to connect them to micro credit through capacity building activities and to provide information and ensure their representation in decision-making bodies. “Rural women are responsible for the integrated management and use to diverse natural resources to meet the daily household needs.

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The role of women farmers in agricultural production has long been debated while their role continues to remain largely unrecognized by the extension machinery of the state and developmental programmes. The present study is aimed at studying the gender division of labour in agricultural production with reference to three villages in rural Purnea district of Bihar.

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Cervical cancer incidence and mortality is high in Uyghur ethnics. Their life style and dietary habit were different from other ethnics living together. Study on the role of trace elements in HPV infection and cervical lesion of Uyghur minority is needed for future intervention and prevention work.

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Goat rearing plays a prominent role in the rural economy in supplementing the income of rural household particularly the landless, marginal and small farmers. Goat is considered as poor man‟s cow and it can be profitably being reared with low investment under semiintensive as well as the extensive systems of management. They provide quick return on account of their short generation intervals, high rate of prolificacy and making the related products.

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Empowerment is a process that helps people gain control over their own lives, communities and society. It is also a process, which enables one to realise his or her identity and power in all aspects of life. Empowerment occurs within, the factors- social, economic, political, personal, familial, and cultural at various spheres. In a period of time there are visible signs of empowerment of women due to the formation of Self Help Groups. Thousands of the poor and the marginalized population in India are building their lives, their families and their society through Self-help groups.

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The study aims at identifying the potential role of Indian farmwomen in fruit based production system along with realising their constraints which limits their considerable contribution in terms of technology application, use of agri-inputs and commercial marketing. The magnitude of their participation is hardly visualized, which creates perceptible gender gap. The emerging issues of farmer suicide, rural-urban migration of male members and disenchantment of rural youth in agriculture, overburden the Indian farmwomen with farming activities.

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Women play pivotal role in rural development in developing countries, among the poor, rural women are the poorest and more venerable. Empirical evidences suggest that women in rural areas are more adversely affect by poverty than men. Hence, there is need for economic upliftment of the farm women through enhancing their income and reducing the drudgery for maintaining their health condition. This study was conducted in Gwalior district, comprises of 4 blocks namely- Morar, Ghatigaon, Dabra, Bhitarwar. Three Villages of each block were selected purposively.

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This study aims to analyze the factors affecting the role of women in the economic development of rural household families in Vietnam. 210 survey samples collected in Trieu Son district, Thanh Hoa province were used as data in the study.

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Document present content: overview of food security and nutrition in Europe and central ASIA; regional and national policy drivers to support achieving SDG 2 targets; migration, gender and youth: linkages with rural development and food security in europe and central ASIA.

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Participation of women is not limited to agricultural activities only but they are contributing significantly towards livestock management. The study is an in depth analysis of participation of women in various agricultural activities. Therefore, the rural women play a significant role in agricultural activities such as seeding, transplanting, weeding, fertilizer application, plant protection, harvesting, processing, storage etc. Several of these operations are carried out by women only. The present study was conducted in Jaipur region of Rajasthan.

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Sericulture is a traditional agro-based economic activity that has been playing a significant role in generating employment and income. Ericulture is a subsidiary occupation of the rural women folk of Indo-Mongoloid and Tibeto-Burman races of the Brahmaputra Valley. In the present study three Sericulture progressive villages were surveyed in the district from each of the four sub-division of Kokrajhar district namely Kokrajhar, Dotma, Gossaigaon and Parbatjora respectively.

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