SOCIO- ECONOMIC CONDITION AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN DECISION MAKING IN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN BEERANGI KOTHAKOTA MANDAL OF CHITTOOR DISTRICT (A.P)

Bishop of Kenya stressed. “Train a man and you train an individual. Train a woman and you build a nation”. A Woman has always been an important and prominent partner in agriculture sector. Since ages women continues as important stakeholder in farming activities in India. Woman directly or indirectly influenced the course of agriculture and animal husbandry. Hence the present study was undertaken to find out the socio-economic profile of respondents of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The study reveals that although women's agricultural labour force is high but there has not been any significant changes in the status of women farmers.