Identification of factors hampering women empowerment in agriculture decision making and extension work in District Okara, Punjab, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.authorAfzal, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAli, T.en
dc.contributor.authorMunir, A.en
dc.contributor.authorZafar, M. I.en
dc.contributor.authorNiazi, S. K.en
dc.contributor.authorRiaz, F.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialPakistanen
dc.coverage.spatialPunjaben
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.coverage.spatialAsiaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:56Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:56Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn this article the authors endeavor to highlight the constraints facing rural women in the Okara District of Punjab, Pakistan in making decisions pertaining to agriculture and to suggest how to empower rural women to enhance sustainable agriculture development. The study area was selected because women in South Asia participate significantly more in agriculture production than men do, yet because of environmental constraints, a lack of agriculture advice and services and social norms of segregation, women still have little input in the decision making process. Data was compiled using a multistage sampling technique. The first section involved the random selection of three tehsils. In the second section, 8 villages were chosen from each tehsil. In the third section twenty farms were randomly chosen. Using this multistage sampling technique, the researchers were able to randomly select 480 women from the rural Okara District. The research showed a large percentage of women in the rural Okara District were illiterate, destitute, earning less than 1 Lac annually from farming and other domestic activities and live on small farms. A majority of women claimed they experienced difficulty acquiring agricultural extension services due to complex cultural, social, political and economic issues. Female empowerment can be ameliorated by adequately addressing the constraints facing women in agricultural production.en
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dc.identifier4712en
dc.identifier.citationPakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 46(1): 64-68en
dc.identifier.issn0552-9034en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68947en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherDepartment of Livestock Managementen
dc.relation.urihttp://pakjas.com.pk/upload/82107_..pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectExtension serviceen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectDecision makingen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectGender relationsen
dc.subjectLiteracyen
dc.subjectRural areasen
dc.subjectSexual rolesen
dc.subjectWomen's statusen
dc.subjectSouth asiaen
dc.subjectAsiaen
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen
dc.subjectPakistanen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleIdentification of factors hampering women empowerment in agriculture decision making and extension work in District Okara, Punjab, Pakistanen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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