A Study on Decision Making Ability and Participation in Various Agriculture Activities Performed by Farm Women in Khargone District of M.P

Abstract

The role of women has always been a multi-dimensional and significant as women have performed 
well in case of agricultural activities, domestic activities, marketing activities as far as labour requirement is 
considered. The decision-making process is an important segment of every household because the functioning 
of family resource management depends on the efficiency of decision-making progress. So, women 
involvement in decision-making process has been of great importance because sampling method to make a 
sample of 120 respondents. Hence finally the sampling consisted of 120 respondents. More number of farm 
women were found to have level of decision making process: the highest decision making behavior in sowing 
followed by winnowing process, seed processing, irrigation management , collection of harvested crop, 
storage, field preparation, selection of seed/variety, marketing, Manures and fertilizer application, weeding, 
harvesting, seed treatment, Pest and disease management and soil testing.