Nikulsinh Chauhan

Multifareous Role of Tribal Farm Women: Role of Tribal Farm Women in Home, Crop and Livestock Management in Navsari District of Gujarat State in India Nikulsinh Chauhan

Farmwomen are the backbone of Indian agriculture. Growing food has been an interminable saga of her life. Like other rural women, tribal farmwomen also play an important role in agriculture. Farmwomen play vital role within home as housewives in managing the domestic affairs and they work as co-partners in the farming profession. No field operation is beyond the reach of women. They are at them best in agriculture and animal husbandry. Besides this they are the manager to the household activities. They take important decisions in the home and outside the home. Scientific achievements and modernization are yet to make an impact on them. Keeping this fact in view the present investigation on role of tribal farmwomen in agriculture in Navsari district was undertaken with following objectives. (i) To study the socio-economic characteristics of the tribal farmwomen. (ii) To study the participation of the tribal farmwomen in agriculture, animal husbandry and household activities and the relationship between selected independent variables with crop and animal husbandry practices. (iii) To study the tribal farmwomen's involvement in decision making in home, crop and livestock management.