Extent of women and children labor utilization for sericultural activities in Kolar District during 1996-1999 Karnataka.

摘要

A survey on the utilization of women and child labour for different sericultural activities by different categories of farmers of selected taluks of Kolar District (Karnataka, India) revealed that maximum 94.00, 97.33 and 89.33, 86.67% of small farmers, 77.33, 84.00 and 65.33, 73.33% of medium farmers and 17.33, 32.67 and 4.67, 4.00% of large farmers utilized family women and children for mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing activities, respectively. Whereas hired women and child labour utilization was maximum of 90.67, 96.00% and 78.00, 46.00% by large farmers followed by medium farmers (64.67, 27.33 and 28.67, 8.67%), respectively for mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing activities. The small farmers utilize 20.67% hired labour only for mulberry cultivation, none of the small farmers utilize hired child labour whereas regression equation showed a highly positive significant correlation among small (r=0.47) and medium (r=0.39) farmers, and not significant among large farmers..