AGRICULTURE AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF ADHA KHONDA VILLAGE, NAGAON (ASSAM)

Agriculture is a very important area of the Indian economy. Its contribution is sizable to the domestic product as also to exports. Being engaged in trade in agricultural products, paddy and agro based industries etc. Agriculture has a significant role to play in the socio-economic development of a growing economy like that of India. It is a very common phenomenon that the population living mainly on small scale agro based area. Rural people are mainly dependent on agriculture and agro based productivity. Women are no longer restricted in the role of home makers rather their roles are redefined in this new millennium. Women are the mother, sister, wife; they play a vital role in human life. Without women we can't think about a society. Women have been contributing to socio-economic productivity since the starting of human history. In human development they play important role. After birth of a child at first he/ she learn from his /her mother. Both male and female are engaged in agricultural sector in most of the rural part of India and there is a division of work between male and female workers in agriculture. The participation of female workers in agriculture is low. This paper seeks to explain the role of women in agriculture and rural development and how it contributes to changes the socio-economic scenario of rural economy of Adha Khonda village