Women in agriculture vol.1

vol.1 : their status and role

This is the first specialised volume with a holistic approach dealing with the most vulnerable and neglected section of workers in unorganised sector of agriculture who constitute about half of the population and provides 40 per cent of labour force in agriculture which to a large extent goes invisible. Tracing her role and status in the historical perspective, ex isting situational analysis, and making future projections are the main sub themes discussed threadbare in this volume. Women workers in different agro-ecological and types of farming like hill agriculture, agriculture in plains, rice based farming systems, dry farming, tribal agriculture, planta tion systems and livestock farming have been analysed by various scholars. Papers on technology and women bring out, among other things, a situational analysis, work conditions in home and farm, wages, bearing on her farm employment and participation. Prospective role and status have been projected in the changing techno-economic context that warrants about the displacement of women workers in developing agriculture, if her skill is not upgraded simultaneously to meet the challen ges of development.

This book is of immense value for the policy makers and planners, agricul ture and rural development programme executives, research stu dents working on women studies and informative for elites, social workers, voluntary welfare organizations, women activists and men in the street.