Role of women in vegetable production: a case study of four selected villages of district Abbottabad.

摘要

The present study was carried out to find role of women in vegetable production area of SRSP. SRSP develops intuitional and technical models for poverty alleviation, sustainable and equitable development and raise the income and quality of people by providing them training in various aspects of agriculture to supplement food and income. This study was conducted in five villages i.e. Beer, Bodla, Poswal, Jungi Mohri and Banda Sheikhan of district Abbottabad during 2002. Main target groups were women community organizations engaged in vegetable production and marketing. Eighty female respondents each of the selected four villages were interviewed. The results of the personal characteristics showed that majority of respondents were in age group of 20-40 years, 54% of the total respondents were educated, 73% of the respondents had barani type of land. Education and adoption of vegetable growing practices were positively correlated. The results further showed that 54% of the respondents grew vegetable inside their houses, among which 47.5% grew vegetable for profit purpose and 47% of the female respondents grew vegetables themselves. Major constraints in vegetable production found in the study were lack of capital, credit availability and lack of marketing facilities.