ROLE OF WOMEN IN DAIRY ACTIVITY IN DAUND TAHSIL OF PUNE DISTRICT (MAHARASHTRSA)

Abstract

In India Dairy farming by is  most dominated by  female. It is no  doubt that women always participated  and play important role in dairy and animal husbandry activitie.. In fact dairy farming is becoming feminized. Most of the dairy farming activities such as food collection, feeding, water, purification, management, milking and housework, value addition and marketing copying are done by women. Approximately 69% of livestock workers are women. India is the world's largest milk producer, accounting for approximately 16% of the world's total milk production and ranks first in milk production. India's status as the largest milk producer in the world and the increase in the country's per capita milk production are mainly due to the cultivation of illiterate rural women farmers. If organizations plan and use livestock services in accordance with needs, resources, production processes, and human needs, dairy products will have the greatest potential to lift rural women out of poverty and keep them competitive with producers. Home and extension services are being strengthened and are aimed at poor families, especially women. To ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of dairy farming and to ensure the development of non-commercial activities related to dairy farming by families, communities and communities, action plans should be agreed upon and based on the results of mutual interaction between social groups and the working group. society. The success of dairy farming improves the health and well-being of female farmers in families and villages, ultimately empowering women through support awareness and capacity building, leading to greater participation, decision-making, management and change. The present paper study the  role of women dairy activities  in daund Tahsil Pune district of Maharashtra State.