Vol. 12, Special Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Geetanjali Chouhan and Dr. Neena Sareen

Abstract:
Women are an important part of human life. Women makeup one-third of the workforce needed to work in agriculture and share trade. It plays an important role in family activities. It is often felt that their participation is limited and their decision making power is very limited. In the management of the family, most rural women generally take care of food preparation, taking care of all family members, preparing for drinking water, cleaning the house, cleaning after meals, doing laundry, taking care of children, preparing for firewood, sewing, etc. in rural areas women are involved in land preparation, planting, weeding, harvesting, etc. it is equally involved in post-harvest work such as food storage as well as pre-harvest agricultural work. They are similar in preparing seeds, tillage, seeding, fertilizing, mowing, weeding, planting together, replanting, hulling, threshing, drying, storing grain and feed, marketing produce and harvesting crops, fruits and vegetables.