INVOLVEMENT OF FARM WOMEN IN DAIRY COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES

Abstract

ABSTRACT Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation had implemented the Rajasthan Women Dairy Project in the year 1991-92. The idea behind the project was to provide women milk producers as an institution of their own which gives them opportunities of decision making as well as increase in earnings. In this study researchers focused on involvement of the members in the activities being taken up by the Women Dairy Cooperative Societies (WDCs). The study employed random sampling technique. The sample included 120 members of WDCs and 120 non-members of WDCs, constituting a total of 240 respondents in two Panchayat Samities of Bhilwara district, Rajasthan. The information was collected through personal interview technique. The results showed that members had significant involvement in all the four activities (improved dairy production technology, health & sanitation, employment and literacy)