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Social capital formation through farm woman groups in vegetable production in Kollam district
The study entitled ‘Social capital formation through farm women groups in vegetable production in Kollam district’ was conducted in six panchayaths of Kollam district . The total number of respondents were 120 which included both farm women and extension facilitators. The main objectives of the stud...
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| Materyal Türü: | Ph.D Thesis |
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Vellayani
Department of Agricultural extension, College of Agriculture
2015
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| Özet: | The study entitled ‘Social capital formation through farm women
groups in vegetable production in Kollam district’ was conducted in six
panchayaths of Kollam district . The total number of respondents were 120 which
included both farm women and extension facilitators. The main objectives of the
study was to assess the scale of social capital formation, group efficiency,
perception of farm women and extension facilitators regarding the group
processes, constraints experienced by farm women in group process and
comparing the efficiency of farming by individuals and by groups.
In this study social capital can be operationally defined as those
interactions which facilitates collective action. The dependent variables of the
study were the extent of social capital formation, group efficiency and the
planning, production and marketing aspects of the vegetables. The independent
variables were the personal, socio-psychological characteristics of farm women.
The data was collected using structured pre-tested interview schedule and social
capital was measured using SOCAT (World Bank, 2010).
Study revealed that majority of the respondents (82%) had medium level
of social capital formation and the overall social capital in Kollam district is
61%.Karavaloor panchayath stood first in social capital formation with
71%.Social capital formation showed a significant positive relationship with
annual income (0.216) and a significant negative relationship with area under vegetable cultivation (-0.218). Group efficiency index of the respondents were
calculated and it was observed that majority of the respondents had medium group
efficiency (53%). The study about planning, production and marketing aspects of
vegetables revealed that in all these three aspects, most of the respondents
showed a medium level of involvement, i.e. 57%,56% and58% respectively .
Majority of the respondents i.e. 64% fall under medium category in gender role
changes and recognition. 99% of farm women perceived that ‘groups are one of
the best programmes implemented for them’ and ‘the agricultural operations could
be done efficiently through groups’. 100% of the extension facilitators perceived
that ‘groups provide a sustainable income and that it raised the confidence among
farm women’. ‘Lack of working capital’ was identified as the major constraint of
the study. Cent percent of the members prefer group farming and it can be
concluded that social capital formation had improved over the years through
women groups, but more efforts are needed to bring about a high level of social
capital formation. |
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| Fiziksel Özellikler: | 101 Pages |