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S.R. Scientific Publications Aquaculture And Fisheries Science Principles And Practices by Agrawal and V P
The female family labour inputs of the farm families are utilized in different ways. Their activities are diversified. Though their work is indispensable for house-hold services their contribution as family labour in crop and non-crop activities is also significant. The female family labours support to the male family labours in crop activities in order to reduce the burden of labour of their-work and decrease the payment of wage-bill. The sexual division of labour in farm sector with special reference to labour intensive crops and live-stock based activities cannot be strictly applied. But the efficiency of the female labour is crop and operation specific in comparison to male counterpart. The purpose of this empirical study is to estimate the activity-wise participation of women of farm families, their level of employment and contribution to total income of the family. Hence the study provides an insight into the pattern of utilization of female family labour input, person days utilized and annual level of employment/engagement per farm, per person and per day, and her contribution to total income of the family.