Analysis of Socio-Economic Problems Affecting Women in Agriculture: A Case Study of Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue IV, April 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Analysis of Socio-Economic Problems Affecting Women in Agriculture: A Case Study of Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan

Abdul Jaleel Mirjat¹, Bahadur Ali Soomro^2*, Shahnawaz Mangi^3
1PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
²Visiting Faculty and Research Fellow, Area Study Centre, Far East and Southeast Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
³PhD Research Scholar, Area Study Centre, Far East and Southeast Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Paksitan
*Corresponding author

Abstract: – In the present era, agrarian women are confronting with big socio-economic problems. Particularly, in the field of agriculture, women have severe issues concerning socio-economic conditions. Taking into consideration, the present study is attempted to investigate the socio-economic problems which are faced by the women in the agriculture sector in Ghotki District of Sindh, Pakistan. We employed a survey questionnaire to get the responses from the agrarian women randomly. In total 225 valid cases have proceeded for the final analysis. By applying the contingency table method, the study found the agricultural women are facing the big socio-economic problems such as bad behaviour of the landowner, the problem of getting wages in time, and the problem of harsh conditions of the weather. They revealed that the hardship of work becomes responsible for their illness and health problems. Males are earning more money than females despite the same work. Finally, the women also underlined that they are not independent of consuming the amount which they obtained from agriculture in the shape of wages. The study may be valuable to know the challenges and problems that are frequently faced by the agrarian women of the rural areas of Ghotki or Sindh. The investigation may enrich and further validates the issues that have raised by the present study.

Keywords: Socio-economic problems, Women, Agriculture, Ghotki

I. INTRODUCTION

Sindh is an agricultural rich province in Pakistan whereas agriculture stated as the primary survival economic source of people of Sindh. Meanwhile, Ghotki district of Sindh contributed much more in the agricultural field as compared to other areas of Sindh. Thus the development of the nation depends on agricultural strategies in the province. Hence, agricultural production can be boosted up by the introduction of the advanced technology in agricultural set up in the district. Thus, such the advanced apparatus and tools along with the application of new strategies and trends that assist in developing a significant growth rate in the country (Kwa, 2001). However, women have participated and contributed for productive purposive in the agricultural sector; they are less paid for such a great worth in agrarian setting. Parting with this, these women are discriminated because of a male –dominant factor in a society that is why they cannot be appreciated despite much more production and contribution in the agricultural field.

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