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- Role of SHGs in Empowering Tribal Women among Farming Communities of Gajapati District of Odisha
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Berhampur University, Ganjam, Odisha, IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Berhampur University, Ganjam, Odisha, IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 379-382Abstract
Women face gender specific barriers to access education, health, and empowerment etc. The study addresses women empowerment through self-help groups in Gajapati district of Odisha. Three of the tribal blocks i.e. Nuagada, Rayagada, R.Udayagiri consisting of 150 SHG members among tribal farming community were selected for the study. The information related to the study was collected using a welldefined and pre-tested questionnaire by the personal interview method. The mean age of respondents was 33 years and among them 45.33 per cent were functionally literates. Regarding mean income of the respondents, 53.33 per cent of the total respondents were in semi-medium group and only 10.00 per cent of the total respondents were in high income group. In general, the background information informed that the women of the sample area were economically poor and their status was low and down trodden. The profit utilization pattern was found to be statistically significant (Pi.e. meeting necessity and saving for future. The education was highly correlated (P<0.01) with C.Own Inc and it was significant at 5 per cent level (P<0.05) with C.Farm. Inc. However, other assets were positively correlated with savings and cash income (P<0.05). In the study it was evident that most of the SHG women have been involved only in the micro credit savings.Keywords
Woman Empowerment, Shg, Farming Community, Saving
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- Impact of Women Self-help Groups in Empowering Tribal Farming Communities of Gajapati District of Odisha
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Angul, Odisha, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 8, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 483-486Abstract
Women especially from the small and marginal farming families perform over 60 per cent of on-farm activities and almost all off-farm activities. It is also noticed that the poorer tribal families, the greater is the dependency on women's economic productivity. The study addresses impact of women empowerment through self-help-groups in Gajapati district of Odisha. Three of the tribal blocks i.e. Nuagada, Rayagada, R.Udayagiri consisting of 150 SHG members among tribal farming community were selected for the study. Respondents were selected based on the criteria such as rural women only who are involved in agricultural activities having land holding of their own. The required information was obtained with the help of pre-tested schedule using personal interview method. The mean age of respondents was 33 years and among them 45.33 per cent were functionally literates. Around 48 per cent from Nuagada, 50 per cent from Rayagada and 56 per cent respondents of R.Udayagiri block have only thatched houses and rest respondents have hut, semi-pucca and pucca houses whose percentage were very low. The Chi-square values were found to be 14.414 and was found to be highly significant (P<0.01) in case of occupation. Jt can be concluded that, the respondents had substantial income. Unless the women have substantial income and contribute significantly to the family income, empowerment of rural women among framing communities in Gajapati district is not possible.Keywords
Empowerment, Shg, Farming Community, Substantial IncomeReferences
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- Knowledge on Health and Nutrition Among Self-Help Groups Affects the Nutritional Status
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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (O.U.A.T.), Angul (Odisha), IN
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (O.U.A.T.), Angul (Odisha), IN
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Asian Journal of Home Science, Vol 9, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 530-534Abstract
The study addresses the knowledge on health and nutrition among self-help groups affects the nutritional status in Gajapati district of Odisha. Three of the tribal blocks i.e. Nuagada, Rayagada, R. Udayagiri consisting of 150 SHG members among tribal farming community were selected for the study. Respondents were also selected based on the criteria such as rural women only who were involved in agricultural activities having land holding of their own. The required information was obtained with the help of pre-tested schedule using personal interview method. Among all the respondents, 92.00 per cent were under poor knowledge level on health and nutrition before joining the SHG and which was not remarkably changed after joining SHG i.e., 86.33 per cent. So the study areas of Gajapati have more percentage of malnourished women indicating chronic nutritional deficiency. Low education, derisory employment, scanty income, deficient savings, and meagre assets were all illustrative of this. Government, private organisations and Mass media should also help the tribal women for easy understanding of the need and importance of good health and nutrition condition of the family.Keywords
Knowledge, SHG, Nutrition.References
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