[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "RURAL WOMEN'S ATTITUDE AND INVOLVEMENT IN POST-HARVEST PROCESSING OF VEGETABLES",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Kabir",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Afroz",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Rahman",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2023]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "33",
  "issue": "2",
  "page": "303-309",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2023.2.0622",
  "abstract": "<p>Traditionally women are mostly engaged in household-based income generating activities. Post-harvest processing of vegetables has recently gained much attention due to its value addition utilities. Therefore, in this study, we tried to understand women farmers&rsquo; attitudes towards and involvement in, post-harvest processing of vegetables. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a pre-tested questionnaire from 212 respondents in Dhaka district of Bangladesh. The data were interpreted with descriptive statistics, multivariate regression analysis and a logit model. About 71% of rural women had a favorable attitude towards post-harvest processing; 43% of them were involved in the post-harvest processing of vegetables. Women's attitude towards post-harvest processing of vegetables was influenced by age, education, household size, and their frequency to travel outside of their social system. Their involvement in post-harvest processing of vegetables was affected by education, group membership, media contact and time spent in home management. &lsquo;Gender disparity in earnings&rsquo; was the most severe barrier to expanding women's involvement in vegetable processing, followed by &lsquo;lack of land ownership status&rsquo;, &lsquo;spouse dominance&rsquo; and &lsquo;social norms and tradition&rsquo;. Motivating women in income-generating activities and introducing advanced yet low-cost and less-labour intensive technologies would enable them to participate in the post-harvest processing of vegetables.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=AG-21-0307"
}]