Extent of Vulnerability amongst the Farmwomen in Odisha

Abstract

Vulnerability of farmwomen may exist in different aspects of life which may seem susceptible towards further decree or under threat making them living their life under constant pressure. Here in this study, the researcher has endeavoured to generalise these different aspects of threat or challenges considering as the most common vulnerabilities under the given situation. The present study was conducted to assess the extent of vulnerability of farmwomen in Odisha under ten selected variables (Indicators) in three districts with sample size of three hundred respondents. The result indicated that, amongst those variables, the health vulnerability, climatic vulnerability and vulnerability at workplace showed the most alarming vulnerability and need to be taken care of for the upliftment of farmwomen as a whole. All the other variables also showed regressive outcome here.