PRODUCTIVITY OF DAIRY ANIMALS AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AMONG RURAL WOMEN

The data were collected from 192 rural women owning dairy animals from 12 villages of 2 blocks of Bareilly district. Of these, 6 villages we re members of a dairy co-operative. The remaining 6 villages were not members and were treated as control. Significant differences in the pr oductivity levels of dairy animals as well as employment status of rur al women were found between member and non-member dairy co-operative s ystems. Productivity of dairy animals increased with the adoption of a higher number of dairy farm technologies, proportionately also genera ting employment for rural women. This finding was supported through co rrelation analysis where, positive and highly significant relationship was found between productivity of dairy animals and employment status of rural women, Significant contribution of productivity of dairy ani mals on employment status of rural women were also observed.