Impact of Self Help Group Programme on  Empowerment of Women Through Livestock Rearing  in Tamil Nadu

Dr. Varathan; Dr. G. Senthil Kumar; Dr. K.N. Selvakumar

Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2013

Impact of Self Help Group Programme on Empowerment of Women Through Livestock Rearing in Tamil Nadu

Dr. Varathan, Dr. G. Senthil Kumar, Dr. K. N. Selvakumar

Abstract :

A study was undertaken in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu to analyze the impact of self help group programme (SHG) on empowerment of SHG members and non–members involved in livestock reå. Data pertaining to the objective of the study was collected from 120 sample respondents using a pre–tested interview schedule. The women livestock farmers from SHG members and non–members in the study area were asked to give scores based on their perception for each empowerment indicator that primarily came under four major categories viz., social, economical, psychological and technological and the cumulative empowerment score for SHG members and non–members was found to be 4068 and 2241. In order to analyze the determinants influencing empowerment of women members multiple linear regression analysis was carried out by keeping the cumulative empowerment score of respondents as dependent variable. The results revealed that membership in SHG, education of the women farmer, livestock holding, risk orientation and information seeking behaviour had a positive and a highly significant relationship on the cumulative empowerment score of respondents. The findings clearly exposed the impact of the self help group programme on empowerment of SHG women members who do livestock reå activities.