Singh and Sareen Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. (2021) 9(2), 200-210 ISSN: 2582 – 2845 Copyright © March-April, 2021; IJPAB 200 Peer-Reviewed, Refereed, Open Access Journal Role of Farm Women in Soil Conservation & Land Management Activities and Irrigation Water Management Activities in Bikaner District of Rajasthan Neha Singh* and Neena Sareen** Department of Extension Education and Communication Management College of Home Science Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner-334006, Rajasthan, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: neha8293@rediffmail.com Received: 26.02.2021 | Revised: 31.03.2021 | Accepted: 7.04.2021 INTRODUCTION Bikaner is one of desert district situated in the north-west of Rajasthan. The district has a geographical area 30382.15Sq.Km. which is around 8.8 percent of the total area of the state and stands at second place area wise in the state after the Jaisalmer. Available online at www.ijpab.com DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8640 ISSN: 2582 – 2845 Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. (2021) 9(2), 200-210 ABSTRACT Bikaner is one of desert district situated in the north-west of Rajasthan. The district has a dry climate with large variation of temperature and scanty rainfall. A total of four blocks were selected purposively (Bikaner and Lunkaransar blocks-irrigated area, Nokha and Sridungargarh blocks-rainfed area). One-gram panchayat from each block selected (lottery method of sampling). Two villages from each gram panchayat selected (total 8 villages). The role scale has been developed by the researcher to measure the role of farm women in soil conservation and land management activities and irrigation water management activities. The findings of the study showed that in rainfed area, more than half i.e. 56.90 per cent of the respondents belonged to young age group, other backward caste (50%), illiterate (60 per cent), low extent of social participation (66.90%), medium level of mass media exposure (68.10%), low extension personnel contact (64.40 per cent), low level of scientific orientation (56.90 %), low level of innovativeness (70.60%) towards natural resource management and low level of risk orientation (71.90% ). In irrigated area, farm women had performed high role in soil conservation and land management activities whereas, in rainfed area, farm women had performed low role in irrigation water management. It can be concluded that farm women of irrigated area were performed high role in soil conservation & land management activities as there was facility of Indira Gandhi canal which helps them in maintenance of land and conserving the soil and farm women of rainfed area were performed low role in irrigation water management activities. The farm women of rainfed area were not performing the activities of handlings drip and sprinkler irrigation machines (Tanks/sub tanks) due to lack of training. Keywords: Land Management, Soil Conservation, Role, Scale, Farm women, Irrigation. Research Article Cite this article: Singh, N., & Sareen, N. (2021). Role of Farm Women in Soil Conservation & Land Management Activities and Irrigation Water Management Activities in Bikaner District of Rajasthan, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(2), 200-210. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8640 This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.