PARTICIPATION OF DAIRY-BASED WOMEN SHG MEMBERS IN DAIRY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES VIS-A VIS FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY BASED WOMEN SHGS IN KARNATAKA STATE
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 52
Abstract
Self Help Groups (SHGs) are small, informal associations created for the purpose of enabling members to reap economic benefits out of mutual help, solidarity and joint responsibility. Women based SHGs helps in elevating the economic status of their families. This has led to a boost to the process of women’s empowerment. In view of the afore-discussed issues pertaining to SHGs, this seemed to be the right time to have a close look on the participation of dairy-based women SHG members in dairy management practices vis-a vis Factors influencing the performance of dairy based women SHGs. So for this study Karnataka state was selected purposively and for analyzing Participation of members in dairy management practices the degree of involvement of the members in meetings and other group-related activities were collected. The responses in terms of participation in dairy management practices, their responses were categorized as: Full participation, Partial participation and No participation. It was found that in terms of feeding concentrates and mineral mixture to the milking animals, majority (53.88 %) of them reported to have full participation, 36.12 per cent had partial participation and health care management was concerned, it was observed that care of pregnant animals, majority (51.67 %) of them reported to have full participation; 32.77 per cent had partial participation. So in order to make SHGs women members more viable in nature, efforts have to be initiated to address certain issues by conducting training on different areas of dairying. At the same time the policy-makers should promote the dairy-based women in all villages of the country it helps to poor women household economic growth and their overall empowerment.
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PARAMESWARANAIK J .
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