Abstract
In Pakistan about fifty percent labour force is provided by the rural women. Contribution of rural women in the
agriculture is underestimated. This study was planed with the objective to determine the involvement of the rural
women in the agricultural activities. Tehsil Faisalabad was selected for this study. Eight villages were selected at
random. From each selected village 48 farm families were randomly selected. Thus making a sample of 384 farm
families comprising husband and wife leading to a total 768 of respondents. The data thus collected were
analyzed and interpreted by using appropriate statistical package to draw the conclusions. Most of the activities
were dominated by the husbands with the remarkable contribution of wives, such as wheat harvesting, wheat
binding, wheat threshing, prepare land for sugarcane, sugarcane sowing, sugarcane peeling and binding, gur
making, rice sowing, weeding of rice, harvesting of rice. Whereas wives’ contribution was higher in seed cleaning
and picking of vegetables. Clear policies and strategies should be formulated on the promotion of women’s
advancement in agriculture
