Determination of Women Collective Farming Groups in Kerala towards Attaining Goals: A Critical Analysis | Chapter 8 | Current Topics in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 1

Through increasing agricultural production and productivity, collective farming hopes to create substantial changes among farmwomen. The current study used an ex-post-facto research design with a sample size of 90 women collective farming groups in the Palakkad region of Kerala between 2017-2018 to examine the "mode of operation of different women collective farming groups." The majority of collective women groups (67.78%) were founded with the help of local self-governing organisations, according to the findings. The groups focussed on location-based farming operations, which could be due to the fact that they were functioning at the grassroots level and received full backing from the local authorities. 65.56 percent of the participants said they were free to participate in the group procedure. Three-quarters of respondents (75.56 percent) believe that group decision-making based on consensus fosters strong cohesion among members. Members' attendance in group meetings/activities was reported by 84.44 percent of respondents. Furthermore, 92.20 percent of respondents stated that record preservation aided them in analysing and comparing previous operations with current ones. The group members shared 84.44 percent of the advantages equally, with the remaining 15.56 percent preserving some money as a corpus fund for the organisation. To summarise, in order to strengthen women's collective farming groups, it is necessary to help them develop strong communication processes, decision-making and mutual trust, transparency in benefit sharing, risk-taking, and other skills that will enable them to engage in agriculture and related activities on a long-term basis.

Author (S) Details

T. Shahlas Binth

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Raichur University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur– 584 104, India.

Basavaraj Hulagur

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Raichur University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur– 584 104, India.

S. B. Goudappa

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Raichur University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur– 584 104, India.

Jagrati B. Deshmanya

Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Raichur University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur– 584 104, India.

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