Insights from two case studies on the socio-economic status of women farmers in low-income societies

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Amani Ishemo ◽  
Brenda Bushell
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Status Of Women

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Status of Women Farmers: A Sociological Study of Bhadaure-Tamagi V.D.C., Kaski

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar Gurung
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Economic Deprivation ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Economic Ground ◽  
The Status ◽  
Special Concern ◽  
Status Of Women

The socio-economic status of women farmers is low because of inherent social hierarchy and economic deprivation. The main objective of the study is to find out the socio-economic status of women farmers and to investigate this different research tools is applied mainly interview schedule. The study reveals that although women's agricultural labor force is high but there has not been any significant change in the status of women farmers. Women are still deprived and discriminated in terms economic ground. The Dalits are mainly suffering from this deprivation and discrimination. So, women farmers need a special concern for their livelihood and empowerment. There is an immense need of women empowerment programmes and cash earning packages to break this vicious circle of economic deprivation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v3i0.1500  Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.III, Sept. 2008 p.126-138

scholarly journals Impact of Cluster Promotion Programme on Socio-Economic Aspects on Women Sericulture farmers in Karnataka, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
G.S. Geetha ◽  
Joyce Rani Dasari ◽  
Amit Saha
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Community Intervention ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Leaf Production ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Mulberry Leaf ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Status Of Women

This study was based on the primary household data collected to determine the impact of Cluster Promotion Programme (CPP) introduced to augment the production of bivoltine silk in India by Central Silk Board in coordination with state sericulture departments. Many technological interventions were made at individual and at community levels to increase the knowledge and adoption of new sericulture technologies. Studies in ten clusters attempted to address the impact of scheme on knowledge and adoption of new technologies and also on socio economic status of women sericulture farmers in Karnataka. Paired t-test was used to find out the impact of CPP on the beneficiaries before and after adopting the technological intervention. The findings this study indicated that the implementation of CPP has led to increased mulberry leaf production, dfls consumption, cocoon yield, cocoon price and income. Similarly, they found to have greater access to extension personnel (50.64%), extension communication activities (53.95%) and training (40%). Access to community intervention increased from 20 to 33%, credit increased to tune of 48.53% and self help group by 78.57%. Thus, implementation of CPP had increased knowledge and adoption of new technologies as well as socio economic status of women farmers. It may also be stated that the scheme was brought in a paradigm shift in the silkworm rearing in rural Karnataka. The sustained Bivoltine Silk Production depends to a large extent on transfer of new technologies at individual and community levels in a project mode with extensive planning and execution with greater involvement of the farmers in general and women farmers in particular in all stages.

scholarly journals Emotional triggering and low socio-economic status as determinants of depression following acute coronary syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1857-1866 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Steptoe ◽  
G. J. Molloy ◽  
N. Messerly-Bürgy ◽  
A. Wikman ◽  
G. Randall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Acute Emotional Stress ◽  
Increased Risk

BackgroundThe determinants of depression following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are poorly understood. Triggering of ACS by emotional stress and low socio-economic status (SES) are predictors of adverse outcomes. We therefore investigated whether emotional triggering and low SES predict depression and anxiety following ACS.MethodThis prospective observational clinical cohort study involved 298 patients with clinically verified ACS. Emotional stress was assessed for the 2 h before symptom onset and compared with the equivalent period 24 h earlier using case-crossover methods. SES was defined by household income and education. Depression was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and anxiety with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 3 weeks after ACS and again at 6 and 12 months. Age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score, duration of hospital stay and history of depression were included as covariates.ResultsEmotional stress during the 2-h hazard period was associated with increased risk of ACS (odds ratio 1.88, 95% confidence interval 1.01–3.61). Both low income and emotional triggering predicted depression and anxiety at 3 weeks and 6/12 months independently of covariates. The two factors interacted, with the greatest depression and anxiety in lower income patients who experienced acute emotional stress. Education was not related to depression.ConclusionsPatients who experience acute emotional stress during their ACS and are lower SES as defined by current affluence and access to resources are particularly vulnerable to subsequent depression and anxiety.

scholarly journals Socio-economic status and extent of adoption of climate resilient technologies in the Eastern Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (AAEBSSD) ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
S. R. Devegowda ◽  
Saket Kushwaha ◽  
P. S. Badal
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Socio Economic Status

The study focused on extent of adoption of climate resilient technologies and socioeconomic status of the farmers in the eastern plain zone of Uttar Pradesh. Data collected from flood and usar affected blocks of Varanasi and Chandauli subjected to analysis. High adoption of climate resilient technologies noticed followed by low and medium adoption. Farmers belonged to middle age and young age adopted climate resilient technologies more compare to old age farmers. Illiterates adopted less compare primary and secondary educated farmers, where they adopted more. Nuclear family constituted more in high and low adoption groups similar pattern followed in joint family. Among all groups of adoption, the medium family size accounted for the most adoptions, followed by the medium and big family sizes. Low income was predominant among farmers of all groups whereas high adopted farmers had higher income than medium and low adopted farmers. The majority of the farmers had medium farming experience, which affected positively on adoption more than high and low experience, low adopted farmers having less expertise. Farmers with a high extension contact used more climate resilient technology.

The Entrepreneurial Widows of 1 Timothy

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-73
Author(s):  
Harry O. Maier
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Christ Followers ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Wealthy Women

This chapter continues a focus on the Christian Bible with examination of ‘The Entrepreneurial Widows of 1 Timothy’. It argues that the exhortations and admonitions to widows (i.e. unmarried women) voiced in 1 Timothy—identified as a highly rhetorical pseudonymous letter written in Paul’s name—attests to a concern with single women’s patronage of Christ assemblies, which the writer seeks to address by having them marry. The contributor seeks to move beyond a common explanation that the letter was occasioned by ascetical teachings in which women discovered in sexual continence a new freedom from traditional gender roles. The chapter aims to establish that the letter has a broader economic concern with widows, through an historical exploration of the socio-economic status of women who were artisans in the imperial urban economy. It identifies the means by which women gained skill in trades, the roles they played in the ‘adaptive family’ in which households of tradespeople plied their trade often at economic levels of subsistence. New Testament texts point to artisan women, some of them probably widows, who played important roles of patronage and leadership in assemblies of Christ followers. By attending to levels of poverty in the urban empire, traditional views of the widows of 1 Timothy as wealthier women assigned to gender roles are seen in a new light through consideration of spouses accustomed to working alongside their husbands and taking on the businesses after they died. While the lives of these women are largely invisible, attention to benefactions of wealthy women to synagogues and associations gives insight into the lives of women acting independently in various kinds of social gatherings.

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