Participation of Labour Force in Farm and Non-Farm Sectors in Himachal Pradesh

摘要

It is universally recognized that women are the majority of the world's agricultural producers, with decisive roles in the management of fishery, forestry and fanning resources. World-wide, women produce more than 50 percent of the food that is grown.Moreover, in many places, women are responsible for providing most of the food required by their families, if not by producing it then by earning the income to purchase it. Finally, women are almost universally responsible for food processing and preparation. They do all this in the face of constraints and attitudes that conspire to increase their daily workload disproportionately, the economic contribution of their labours and hinder their participation in decision and policy making (Carsalade, 1998)are still under estimated. In this context, it has been emphasized that a significant proportion of women's work remains unaccounted because much of their work takes place outside formal markets and the valuation of the productive work is surmounted by conceptual and measurement problems (Duraisamy&Duraisamy, 1995; Papola, 1993). According to the FAO, women produce over 50 per cent of all the world's food items. Unfortunately women's participation in farming, forestry and fishing is often underestimatedas censuses and other studies only take remunerative work into account (Anonymous, 1999).