Gander-responsive farming practices of Soru Rural Municipality in Mugu, Karnali- Nepal

Abstract

Gender Responsive Farming Practices helps to treat equitable rural agriculture based economic development through positive action to both farmers including role, participation, decision, access and control over the productive agriculture resources and their benefits.This study therefore tried to access and analyze gender responsive farming practices in Soru Rural Municipality of Mugu District. Methodologically the study has design by descriptive research design and also offered explanatory-survey design with applied gender research norms and values in the study. The whole study has carried out on the basis of primary as well as secondary source of data. The study was conducted in Soru Rural Municipality, 8- Mugu District, has been select 125 HH of 52 male and 73 females sample HH respondents from total 178 HH of the different 6 village including; Rara-Asidhara, Kachhe, Pallabada, Ruma, Gylaha, and Tarapani using systematic sampling technique were chose convenience/purposively. Basically structural questionnaire, observation, FDG and checked list has applied as data collection tools and technique in the study of field works. And the Scientifics method of data analysis has also used for reliability and validity test through SPSS, Excel and TMR Method. The study has been found 76% female and 23.2% male respondents are engaged in agriculture occupation of total 76.6% farmers. There is more viability of organic farming and agro tourism. Paddy, Wheat, Millet, Maize, Barley, Kauno, Chino, Phapar Simi, and Mas are major crops for harvesting, and above 60% farmers practicing vegetable and Himali fruits i.e. apple and chestnut. Less than 4% female have own from total 84.8% registered land. 2 % have both registered land. Above 91 % household has applied traditional agriculture systems. 51% product market coverage by neighbors community, 38% by own village, 9% coverage by district and only 2% product market covered by provincial market. Above 51% farmers are applying home get and 48.8% has applying retailer way of marketing. Above 40% people are still illiterate. 41.1% are out of accessibility of basic services. Bottom 20% male has spend 3.84% and but only bottom 2% female was spend 2.4% time, similarly 100% female was spend 96.71% and male has spend 35% time in agriculture on daily basis. Similarly, above 9.9% agriculture income of male farmers is higher than female in the study areas. Finally, gender inequality in agriculture is most of the challenging issues in study areas. When the women socio-economic empowerment status is very poor, due to the cause of works division of labor based on quality of works system, as well as poor access to factors of production and its benefits, wage rate inequality, women workload, lack of basic service accessibility, and less access to agro financing are the challenging issues/problems for GRFP. Therefore, it is necessary to dissemination of both land registration, women lead gender friendly civil and cooperative organization should formulate on agriculture and rural development policy, strategies and plan to achieve the goals of GRAD for economic growth.