Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Anugrah Sakshi and Ayush Emmanuel Lal

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in Kishanganj District of Bihar to find out the participation of tribal women in decision making in various farm activities. A total of 124 respondents were selected randomly for the present study. For collecting data 16 different activities of farming were selected and these were presented to the respondents to give their comments in a four-point continuum viz self-decision, with husband, with family members, and only husband through a pre-structured interview schedule later appropriate statistical analysis was done to find out the meaningful result. The result showed that the maximum participation in decision making of tribal farm woman was in land preparation which got rank ‘Ⅰ’ with a weighted mean score of 2.44 followed by labor engaged and storage of grains which got rank ‘Ⅱ’ with a weighted mean score of 1.98 each whereas tribal farm women played recessive role in making decisions related to what fertilizer to use, the quantity of fertilizer and marketing. Age and family size were found positively associated with participation in decision making while education, landholding, annual income, family type, and social participation had no significant association.