Women in nutritionsensitive livestock production in Nepal
2018
Kc, R.
Livestock is an important component of livelihood in Nepalese agriculture system. Women contribute more than 50% of la force in agriculture in Nepal. Since men go abroad for the employment, women are solely responsible for all the indoor management activities of livestock production. The management of livestock ranges from selection of animal fodder collection, breeding management, processing of milk and animals products, and cleaning of shed. In rural areas women have no ownership over big assets such as land. ON men own such assets as well as large animals such as cows and buffalos. The women's ownership is limited to small animal such as goat, sheep and poultry. The aim of this paper is to determine the role and participation of women in livestock production system of Nepal. A survey, aided by a questionnaire, was randomly conducted in the Chitwan District of Nepal with 126 livestock farmers as interview respondents. The interviews were complemented by a review of published materials, statistics, and literature. The results of the study indicate that women's ownership of small animals are higher as compared to large animals. The women ownership was found to be 73.33% in goat farming and 47.16% in poultry farming. Likewise, 59.25% of responsibilities of farm management were taken on by the women. Despite the fact that women composed two thirds of the agricultural workforce, their membership in dairy cooperatives were very limited. Existing societal biases keep women and their issues from getting the attention they deserve. Study results indicated that the status of women can be I by increasing their income through livestock farming for nutrition-sensitive food production.
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