• SANJIV SARKAR

India is a developing and predominantly agricultural country. About 67% of India's total population lives in rural areas and about 60% of the households engaged in agriculture get their income mainly from farming. Agriculture is an engine of development and poverty alleviation in developing countries like India and here it is the main occupation of the poor. About 61% of all the economically active men are engaged in agriculture while this percentage is about 74% among women. In developing countries like India, it has also been seen that women play an important role in activities related to main crop production, live-stock production, horticulture, post-harvesting operations etc. and especially in vegetable farming. Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and poverty reduction. But the sector is underperforming in many countries in part because women, who are often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. In this paper we draw on the available empirical evidence to study in which areas and to what degree women participate in agriculture.

Agriculture, gender, women, production, employment, labour force, work participation rate

"WOMEN PARTICATION IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.e557-e563, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208462.pdf

"WOMEN PARTICATION IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppe557-e563, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208462.pdf