Abstract
The aim of present study was to determine the role of rural women in livestock sector and their demographic status along with diet consumption trend. Two Union Councils (UCs) out of fourteen UCs of tehsil Fateh Jung were randomly selected. Then five villages from each UC were randomly selected and a sampling frame was constructed by enlisting the names of females. A sample of 120 respondents was selected by using Fitzggibbon, et al. (1987) table through simple random sampling technique. Then 12 women from each village were selected at random. They were interviewed through a reliable and validated interview schedule. The data collected, were processed through a computer software i.e. statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and a caloric counter was designed to find categories of nutritional status of rural women. Women played a major role as livestock care taker. They participate in various activities of livestock production and management like fodder cutting, watering and feeding of animals, animal shed cleaning, milking and dung cake making etc. However their own food intake is protein deficient. The results further show that the food intake of respondents in terms of proteineous diet was much less than the recommended dose. This research study highlighted the need reframe the diet pattern of rural women through training and non- formal education. Key words: Gender, livestock production, proteineous diet
