Role of farm women in dairy operations and difficulties faced by them

Abstract

Most of the agricultural and animal husbandry activities are performed by the farmwomen. Due to the traditional technologies they use, the work efficiency is reduced and they have remained as shadow workers. There is a greater need to bridge the gap between the technology producers and the users. Many technologies have not reached the women at grass root level. The improved technologies, if properly used, can reduce the drudgery of farm women and increase the work efficiency. The gender bias modifications can be incorporated if new technologies are introduced. This will bring the farmwomen into the main stream of national development.