GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: ROLES OF RURAL WOMEN IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN

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%).