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Decision Making Profile of Women of Ummednagar Village of Jodhpur District
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ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted in Ummednagar village of Tehsil Mandore of Jodhpur district. The following study
was designed to ascertain the component wise decision making profile of woman of arid region of western Rajasthan.
In case of livestock related decisions, it is evident from the data that most of the decisions about breeding (66.66%),
feeding (83.33%) as well as management of cattle were taken jointly (85.33%). In case of health parameters like
consultation, vaccination and control of parasites were taken by their male counterparts. In case of household
provisions the decisions were dominated by female members. The study revealed that active participation of female
members (52.78%) was observed regarding decisions related to food for family. In case of farm credit, investment of
added profit and adoption of innovative technologies the role of male counterparts was dominated and participation
of female members was very low or negligible.
METHODOLOGY
The present study was conducted in Ummednagar
village of tehsil Mandor of Jodhpur district which falls
in the arid zone of western Rajasthan. Most of the basic
community facilities were made available in the village
except in some scattered settlements where drinking
water supplied by public health engineering department
were not connected.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
It is evident from the data presented in Table -1
that most of the decisions about breeding, feeding as
well as management of cattle were taken jointly. In case
of breeding decision related to no. of cattle (66.67%)
were taken jointly whereas decisions related to breed
of cattle (77.78%) and AI of cattle (69.44%) were taken
by male members. With regard to feeding, type and
quantity of feed( 50.00%) and storage of fodder
(83.33%) were decided jointly whereas quantity of
concentrate (55.55%) was decided by female members.
The finding was also supported by Upadhyaya and
Intodia (2007). With respect to health of cattle, the
decisions related to vaccination (86.11%) and
consultation with veterinary doctor (94.44%) were
taken by male members which may be due to lack of
knowledge and less exposure of females within the
village society. Study by Raj & Kishore (1991) reported
that in diffusion and adoption of agricultural innovation
farmers take advise of their wives in farming, livestock
and household activities.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that most of the decisions
related to livestock, household and allied activities were
taken jointly by female members and their male
counterpart at whole. However, the decisions related
to selection of breed and health care practices were
male dominated due to their technical knowledge.