Role of women in decision making of livestock management practices

The present study was conducted in Uttar Pradesh State. U.P. is divided under Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat and these are further divided into 10 blocks each. Three blocks from Kanpur Nagar namely Sarsoul, Shivrajpur, Choubeypur and three blocks from Kanpur Dehat namely Amaraudha, Malasha, Sarvankheda were randomly selected for the study. Out of these six blocks, 12 villages were randomly selected and a sample of 180 rural women was chosen for the purpose of obtaining necessary information. The main emphasis was made to analyze the rural women’s existing socio-economic features of different age groups and their involvement, decision making power and constraints faced during livestock management. Credit and marketing facilities of dairy products available to rural women were also given much consideration.