Engagement of men and women in different dairy activities in Haryana: dairy

Shikha Bidhan; Rashmi Tyagi; Bass Kaur; Subhash Chander

doi:10.36676/jrps.v15.i3.1447

Authors

Shikha Bidhan Department of Sociology, C.C.S. H.A.U., Hisar - 125 001, India
Rashmi Tyagi Department of Sociology, C.C.S. H.A.U., Hisar - 125 001, India
Bass Kaur Department of Sociology, C.C.S. H.A.U., Hisar - 125 001, India.
Subhash Chander Department of Sociology, C.C.S. H.A.U., Hisar - 125 001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36676/jrps.v15.i3.1447

Keywords:

dairy, employment, Haryana, milk

Abstract

Collective efforts are recommended in order to ensure that dairy workers have equal employment opportunity and a comparable wage structure. The government should provide support in terms of technology upgrade and services infrastructure. There is high level of participation among women in indoor activities such as feeding animals, providing water, cleaning sheds, milking, and processing milk products. Nevertheless, their participation in outdoor activities, including fodder cutting and marketing milk and milk products, is low since mobility is restricted, technical skill is limited, patriarchal, social, cultural, and religious constraints are present. There was a wide variation in the participation of men and women in dairy activities based on household categories (apart from landholding sizes). Family members across the households had difficulty communicating with one another. Among participants in the study, there was a weak correlation between their participation in the study and the improvement of their livelihoods.

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