Perceptions of drudgery in agricultural and animal husbandry operations: a gender analysis from Haryana State, India

Sonika Thakur, Shashi Kanta Varma and Patricia A. Goldey
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Sonika Thakur: Department of Home Science Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, Postal: Department of Home Science Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
Shashi Kanta Varma: Department of Home Science Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, Postal: Department of Home Science Extension Education, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
Patricia A. Goldey: University of Reading, Reading, UK, Postal: University of Reading, Reading, UK

Journal of International Development, 2001, vol. 13, issue 8, 1165-1178

Abstract: The paper examines the involvement and drudgery profile of rural women and men in agricultural and animal husbandry activities in India. The activities assigned to men were those which were considered to demand greater physical power, skill and performance. The activities assigned to women were considered to demand less physical power, lower skill and more time. They were also monotonous in their nature and low paid. The implications of the study indicate a need to match technological and innovative solutions to the drudgery that women experience in agricultural and animal husbandry operations: also, the fact that women shoulder a greater share of those tasks perceived to involve drudgery is in itself worthy of particular attention. In addition to shouldering almost the entire work load of household activities and substantial responsibilities in child rearing, women were found to work in agricultural and animal husbandry activities for more hours than men. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2001
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