Engendering the Agricultural Research and Extension in India

Uma Sah, K.D. Kokate, Shantanu Kumar Dubey and A.K. Singh

ISBN 10: 8176222321 / ISBN 13: 9788176222327

Published by Biotech Books, 2012

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Contents Forward Preface 1 Women as Partner in Technology Dissemination 2 The Concept of Gender 3 National Initiatives for women empowerment 4 Constraints in women development policies 5 Gender in agriculture and rural development 6 Innovative initiatives for gender mainstreaming in agriculture 7 Research and extension redefined A Gender perspective 8 Need for gender oriented empirical study in dairying research and extension 9 Rationale for gender based study in Uttarakhand Hill situation 10 Synthesis of available empirical findings 11 Research methodology adopted 12 Findings of the study 13 Technological empowerment of potato growing tribal farm women in rural Meghalaya An action research 14 Framework for technological empowerment of farms women with regard to pulse production technology A Field experience from Uttar Pradesh 15 Implications 16 Major Recommendations 17 Suggestions for future research Appendices IndexThe book aims to bring together the dimensions of conceptual as well as empirical evidences of gender development in India The theoretical framework of the book addresses the pertinent issues viz women as partner in technology dissemination concept of gender initiatives for women empowerment constraints in implementing the women development related policies and actions significance of gender in agriculture and rural development innovative initiatives for gender development and redefinition of research and extension endeavour with gender perspectiveOn empirical dimension the book contains the experiences and outcome of farm based research works carried out in dairying potato production and pulses production under hills and plain agro-eco situations The major subheads covered include participation of male and female farmers in production protection and post harvest handling and marketing related activities of above enterprises the decision making pattern and time spent by them their perception felt needs knowledge level and perceived constraints related to above commodities The objective identification of various socio-psychological and other factors was also done especially for the dairy operating farm womenBesides the book also contains how the well designed and need based training interventions as per the suitability of farm women in phase-wise manner may have significant impact on their behavioural dimensions Based on the experiences of the studies some empirical models have been emanated 402 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engendering the Agricultural Research and Extension in India
• Publisher: Biotech Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8176222321
• ISBN 13: 9788176222327
• Binding: Hardcover