Livestock contribute about 50% of the Agricultural GDP. In most of the rural area of the Pakistan women are
actively involved in the livestock production activities. Present study was planed to investigate the role of rural
women in the livestock production in Teh. Faisalabad. A multistage random sampling method was used to collect
the data form 8 villages regarding the livestock production activities. Pre-testing was used to get relevant
information and improve the interview schedule. Data from the 768 respondents was subjected to the analysis to
obtain the frequencies; these frequencies were used for analysis of variance. Most of the families (70.6%) were
intact with joint family system. Out of total 768 respondents, more number of wives (37 5%) participated in
livestock production activities as compared to the husbands (17%).
Humera Amin, Tanvir Ali, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal Zafar. (2010) Gender and development: roles of rural women in livestock production in Pakistan, , Volume-47, Issue-1.
