National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Inclusion of women in any governmental and institutional developmental agenda has gaining overall significance with an aim to empower women in various spheres of social, economic, political life. Self help group approach is instrumental in reaching out with the group of women together to work as group in achieving common goal. The present study was conducted in four districts of Nagaland viz., Wokha, Mon, Phek and Dimapur. A total of 120 SHG and 360 respondents by adopting multistage random sampling technique. The study revealed that women SHG undertake diversified Income Generation Activities out of which, the dominant enterprise for income generation adopted by the SHG where, crop production, followed by animal husbandry, value addition of food produce which was adopted by 27.50, 17.50 and 15.83 per cent of the sampled SHG. Moreover motivational level gained as a result of women SHG participation revealed that, out of 7 social and economic variables, participation in SHG increase household income obtain the highest total score of 1322 and was ranked first, followed by participation in SHG creates employment opportunities and participation in SHG helps in overcoming household indebtness, was ranked second and third with a total score of 1311and 1283 respectively.
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