Women in Agriculture

Lesson 30 : Gender Issues In Agriculture and Allied Sectors

Gender roles In livestock Management

Women play a central role in the livestock economy whether collecting fodder, tending to the young and weak milking, collecting and processing dung, spinning wools, weaving clothes and blankets etc. According to some estimates, women constitute 93 percent of the workers in dairying and animal husbandry. Yet women’s role or their knowledge about animal healing are seldom recognized and they often have little voice in decision making or access to animal husbandry services. Although women are responsible for almost all the major tasks in terms of cattle rearing, but women are not involved in the sale or purchase of cattle.