Knowledge and Decision-Making Patterns of Farm Women in Peddaplli District, Telangana, India

K. Laxmi Prasanna, R. K. Doharey, Vishal Yadav, Manoj Kumar, Gaurav Kumar and Ajay Pratap Singh

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2022, vol. 40, issue 11, 5

Abstract: The present study was conducted in the Peddapalli district of Telangana, India. The paper mainly focuses on the respondent's (farm women) knowledge analysis and decision-making patterns in their profession (agriculture). The purpose of choosing this region is that it is more familiar to the researcher and further interest was shown to know the activity participation of women in the study area. The methodology included was the personal interview method in which a questionnaire was prepared on dependent variables (knowledge and decision-making). The results revealed that the majority of them had a medium level of knowledge (93.33 percent) on agricultural activities, and the majority of them are actively taking decisions in agriculture activities like seasons of growing (79.17 percent), time of manuring (70.83 percent), and use of pesticides (74.17 percent) respectively.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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