Role of rural women in income generation through animal husbandry

Abstract

India is a major contributor in agriculture worldwide. Indian agriculture accounts for 17% of GDP and employs 60% of the workers. Madhya Pradesh (MP) has valuable livestock resources and livestock contributes significantly to the state's GDP. Most of the animal farming activities such as fodder collection, feeding, watering, and health care, management, milking and household- level processing value addition and marketing are performed by women. The data presents the frequency and percentage of participation in a certain activity across three levels, namely low, medium, and high. Out of the total 340 participants, 58 (17.05%) showed a low level of participation, 228 (67.05%) showed a medium level of participation, and 54 (15.90%) showed a high level of participation.