scholarly journals CONSTRAINTS FACED BY WOMEN INVOLVED IN SELF-HELP GROUPS AND SEEK THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER INVOLVEMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Subrat Kumar Maharana ◽  
Jahanara Jahanara ◽  
Dipak Kumar Bose
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Bank Loan ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Affinity Group ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Self Help Groups

A SHG is a small economically homogeneous affinity group of the rural poor voluntarily coming together to save small amount regularly, which are deposited in a common fund to meet members emergency needs and to provide collateral free loans decided by the group. The present study was conducted in Koksara block of Kalahandi district of Odisha. Ex-post facto research design was followed for the present study. The data was collected from 150 respondents. It was collected randomly from 10 villages using pre-tested structured interview schedule and analyzed using frequency, percentage & Ranking. From the data collection it was found that majority of respondents were facing major constraints such as loans were not sufficient followed by lack of knowledge and skills and so on. Suggestions offered by them were such as Women must be literate; there should be Family support for business & easy bank loan procedure and so on.

scholarly journals Land Selling Scenario of Person Leaving Agriculture in Nayagarh District of Odisha

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Anupam Dakua ◽  
Kalyan Ghadei
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Ex Post Facto Study

Aim: Land being the most important consideration in the social status in the rural areas, selling of them is considered as bad signs in India. Many times, it is observed that farmers were compelled to sell their lands due to manyreasons. Depeasantisation is one of them. In the current paper the land selling scenario of the Depeasantised persons is analysed. Study Design and Place of Study: An Ex-post-Facto study has been conducted in Nayagarh District of Odisha, which is one of the peri-urban districts of the Capital city of Odisha. Methodology: A total of 280 number of Depeasantised persons were selected randomly from 5 blocks out of 8 blocks of the district for the study. A structured interview schedule was prepared for collecting the data from the respondents. With proper statistical tools the data was analysed and interpreted for the result. The proportion of respondents sold land, category of farmers who sold land, the reason of land selling, and the persons to whom the land sold was found out during the investigation. Result: Almost half of the depeasantised persons have sold their lands, all of then have sold a portion of their lands only. More than 85 percent of the respondents belonged to the marginal farer category who had sold their lands. Debt repayment was the primary factor for selling of land in the study area. Most of the depeasantised persons more than 60 percent had sold their lands to landlords and other moneyed persons. Conclusion: To safeguard the interest of the farmers and to prevent the land selling of the small and marginal farmers government should have more focused approach to solve this issue.

Determinants of Gender Responsive Spending in Rural Families in Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
M Ramasubramanian ◽  
G Selvarani ◽  
D Puthira Prathap ◽  
M Senthil Kumar ◽  
A Anuratha
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Rural Families ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Good Education ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
Ex Post Facto

A study was conducted among 120 as respondents in Six villages of Madurai district with the objective of analysing the determinants for gender neutral spending in families and to predict their willingness to spend gender neutrally. Ex-post facto research design was employed and the respondents were selected using random sampling procedure. The data was collected using a well-structured interview schedule. The results revealed that among the determinants differential needs of sons/daughters, earning of husband and wife, urge for giving good education, perceived importance of the issue, availability of money for spending were found to be highly influencing the respondents to spend gender neutrally in families. Similarly, Influence on relatives on spending decisions, influence of neighbours on spending decision, social values, spending for health were the determinants which were moderately influencing the gender neutral spending in families. Binary Logistic Regression results revealed that the willingness of a parent improves 18 times if he/she is influenced by differential need of son and daughters. Further, it was found that, if a parent is influenced by urge for giving good education, the odds of his/her willingness to neutrally spend in families would increase by a factor of 17.58 units.

scholarly journals Constraint Perceived by Osmanabadi Goat Keepers in Latur Region of Maharashtra State

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-117
Author(s):  
Abhishek Randhave ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Grazing Land ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Extension Agencies ◽  
Perceived Constraints ◽  
Ex Post Facto Study

A present ex-post-facto study was conducted to identify the perceived constraints of Osmanabadi goat keepers in the Latur region. A total of 120 goat keepers were equally selected across Latur and Osmanabad districts using the multistage random sampling technique. The data was collected by personal interview method using a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. The study revealed that kid mortality, lack of financial support, and nonavailability of insurance facilities were the major perceived constraints of overall Osmanabadi goat-keeping households. Among small goat keepers, kid mortality and lack of breeding bucks were significantly greater perceived constraints than medium goat keepers. Higher labor wages and non-availability of grazing land were severely perceived limitations of medium goat keepers, whereas fodder scarcity to large goat keepers. Small, medium, and large Osmanabadi goat keepers of the Latur region need constraints-specific interventions through veterinary institutes or relevant extension agencies to examine and address varied perceived constraints.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Buying Behavior of Hybrid Paddy Seed Growers

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Rashmi Pandey ◽  
Senthil Vinayagam ◽  
M. Krishnan ◽  
K. Akhila
Keyword(s):  
Grain Quality ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Water Logging ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Hybrid Seeds ◽  
Bihar State

This study was on factors influencing buying behavior of the hybrid paddy seed growers among selected districts of Bihar with following objectives source and level of awareness, buying behavior of farmers and promotion of sales at retail level. The 155 farmers were selected from 27 blocks of six sample districts of Bihar state which includes Banka, Bhagalpur, Katihar, Munger, Purnea and Samastipur. Structured interview schedule was used for collection of data. The Ex-post facto research design was used in this study. By using frequencies, percentages, garrets ranking and factor analysis, the results was carried. Majority of the farmers were aware of hybrid paddy seeds due to promotion of dealers/retailers. Promotional events and trainings were conducted by the company personnel to spread awareness among farmers about hybrid seeds. Plant height, grain size, water logging tolerance are the important factors to influence the farmers for purchase of hybrid paddy seeds. Due to loyalty of dealers they purchase from same outlet and the farmers expect provision of credit facility from the companies. ‘6444’ brand was chosen by the farmers due to better grain quality among all the brands from same outlet.

scholarly journals Financial and Production Constraints faced by Women Entrepreneurs

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
N. Suganthi ◽  
M. Asokhan
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Specialized Institutions ◽  
Multidimensional Constraints

Women, who try to enter the field of industry in either managerial or entrepreneurial role, are generally exposed to various constraints. Though the entrepreneurial process is the same for men and women, there are however, in practice, women have to confront many additional problems of varying dimensions and magnitudes, which prevent them from realizing their full potential as entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs experience multidimensional constraints. The governments at the centre and the states have established a number of specialized institutions to cater to the needs of women entrepreneurs but they still face many problems. At this juncture, the constraints faced by women entrepreneurs were studied as one of the objective. This objective was to ascertain the financial, production and labour constraints faced by women in their enterprise. To achieve the purpose of the study, 40 registered women entrepreneurs in Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) were identified in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. Series of questions were asked through well structured interview schedule. Evidence in the paper shows that the most serious financial constraint faced by women was, that the entire loan was not given at a time (65.00%). In production and labour, most serious constraints faced by women entrepreneurs were labour management in various essential activities (92.5%). Methodology and design not clarified here. No recommendations The ex post - facto type of research was employed. Proportionate Random sample method” was adopted to select the respondents from the four Entrepreneurial Hubs. Women should attend training programs, seminars, workshop and conferences Related to develop professional competencies in managerial, leadership, marketing, financial, production process, profit planning, maintaining books of accounts and other skills.

Knowledge and skills for accessing agricultural information by rural farmers in South-East Nigeria

IFLA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 034003522095183
Author(s):  
Ugonna B Fidelugwuowo
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Frequency Counts

Rural farmers make up the majority of crop producers in any developing economy. Their level of access to agricultural information stems from the knowledge and skills they possess. This article aims to identify the sources of agricultural information and the level of knowledge and skills rural farmers possess for accessing such information in South-East Nigeria. A structured interview schedule and focus group discussions were used to collect relevant data. The method of analysis involves frequency counts, percentages and means. The study reveals that 41.7% of the respondents were between the ages of 41 and 50, while 62.6% were married, 84.8% were Christians and 29.8% had no formal education. The major source of agricultural information was through friends and co-workers, while the knowledge and skills they possessed for accessing agricultural information were generally low. The work provides an objective framework and measure of the existing competencies, and identifies the need for further skills acquisition.

scholarly journals Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Women Empowerment: A Study in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rema Das
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
Collective Decision Making ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Affinity Group ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Self Help Group

Empowerment is an abstract, multi- dimensional and multi-level concept that can be both a process and outcome. It can be defined as the process of increasing the assets and capabilities of individuals or groups to make purposive choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. A Self Help Group (SHG) is a small economically homogenous affinity group of 10 to 20 persons who come together to save small amounts regularly, mutually agree to contribute to a common fund, have collective decision making, or resolve conflicts through collective leadership and mutual discussion. The present study was undertaken in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal,

scholarly journals Migratory Sheep Farming Practices in Cauvery Delta Zone in Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Mahesh Chander ◽  
MS Kannadhasan ◽  
D Bardhan
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Cauvery Delta ◽  
And Control

Migratory sheep, due to its movement, poses threat of spreading diseases among small ruminants. Considering this, the study was carried out to identify the focus area of extension intervention among the migratory sheep farmers to disseminate scientifically recommended practices which minimize disease risk and enhance flock health. The study was conducted following ex post fact research design at Venganur village, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. Using a semi-structured interview schedule, data were personally collected from 30 migratory sheep farmers who were selected purposively. The findings were subjected to focussed group interview involving seven farmers. The results envisaged a wider difference among the farmers from 100 per cent non-adoption of balanced ration to 100.00 per cent adoption of deworming. Therefore, extension interventions need to be intensified to educate the farmers on technologies which help in disease prevention and control.

scholarly journals PERCEPÇÕES, CONCEPÇÕES E AVALIAÇÕES DE LICENCIANDOS EM CIÊNCIAS QUANTO AO FUNCIONAMENTO DO FACEBOOK COMO AMBIENTE VIRTUAL DE APRENDIZAGEM

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Amanda Stefani Ferreira Meneses ◽  
Francisca Alice De Lima ◽  
Joelianne De Menezes Cabral ◽  
Juliana Moreira Silva ◽  
Francisco Ranulfo Freitas Martins Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Interview Format ◽  
Qualitative Nature ◽  
Ex Post Facto Study

Nowadays, some experiences that have demonstrated how Facebook can be used as a virtual environment has started to be a part of the educational medium. In general, they report that this social network can support the pedagogical processes of teaching and learning, authorship network, online teaching and teacher training. However, even in fact of those possibilities, it is necessary to consider epistemological principles that seek to narrow successfully the relationship between education and technologies, especially the digital ones. Based on these assumptions, the presented article related education and cyberculture as take as a link between network and apprentice. It was performed an ex-post facto study during the explanatory research of qualitative nature, in order to identify some perceptions, conceptions, and evaluations of undergraduates for the use of Facebook during teacher’s formation. The three categories identified after the capture of data from nineteen questions, elaborated in the semi-structured interview format, which dealt with the situations experienced by them as a group involved in a group formed by the social network, which emerged as a virtual reality and insofar as was being didactically systematized, as a virtual community, was synthesized by interactive and collaborative learning. In the end, it was possible to establish, among other, reflections concerned to the three identified categories, as the reason for the preference for the work type accomplished in net, the contribution of the activities accomplished virtually and the positive and negative points of the use of this network as a methodology in the science teaching.

Self-help groups in India: challenges and a roadmap for sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1013-1033
Author(s):  
Akhaya Kumar Nayak ◽  
Prabin Kumar Panigrahi ◽  
Biswanath Swain
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Self-help groups (SHGs) have widely been accepted by developing nations for their contribution to inclusive development. Despite its importance and the recognition of the same, SHGs and their members face several challenges. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively investigate the inhibiting factors affecting the effectiveness of women SHGs. The paper also proposes a roadmap for all the self-help promoting institutions, such as banks, state and central government, and non-government organizations to address the challenges. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts an exploratory research design to undertake this applied research. It uses phenomenographic and interpretative approaches. Qualitative data have been collected from 24 members belonging to eight SHGs from the eastern Indian state of Odisha with the help of a semi-structured interview schedule. The result has been analyzed by using content analysis. Findings The study finds that SHG members in Odisha face several challenges in the form of financial bottlenecks, entrepreneurial obstacles, capacity-building impediments, mentor-ship challenges, socio-structural challenges and group dynamics. Research limitations/implications The study finds many unique and contextual inhibiting factors, which are valuable additions to the existing literature. At the same time, the result may not be applicable to other kinds of SHGs, such as Alcoholic Anonymous, as their nature, composition and deliverables are quite different from the SHG that the current study has taken into consideration. Practical implications The proposed roadmap would be useful to policymakers, non-government organizations and other agencies involved in the promotion and capacity building of SHGs operating in Odisha in particular and India in general. Originality/value The literature is mainly concerned with the impact evaluation of SHG programs. This study investigates the challenges faced by SHGs in a systematic way and provides a roadmap to address the same in a comprehensive way.

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