ISSN (Online): 2350-0530 International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ISSN (Print): 2394-3629 September 2020, Vol 8(09), 334 – 344 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i9.2020.1225 © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 334 TRIBAL WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS IN GARIABAND DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH Bebika Dhruw *1 , Reshma Kaushal 2 , Rohit Bhagat 3 , Narottam Atree 4 *1, 2, 3, 4 Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India DOI: https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v8.i9.2020.1225 Article Type: Research Article Article Citation: Bebika Dhruw, Reshma Kaushal, Rohit Bhagat, and Narottam Atree. (2020). TRIBAL WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS IN GARIABAND DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH. International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH, 8(9), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaa layah.v8.i9.2020.1225 Received Date: 19 August 2020 Accepted Date: 30 September 2020 Keywords: Tribal Women Participation Agriculture ABSTRACT Agriculture is the most important and significant part of our life. It plays a vital role in Indian economy. Farm women’s are backbone of Indian agriculture. Present study was conducted at Teka and Kopra villages of Fingeshwar block, Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh. The aim of study is to ascertain the participation rate of tribal women of farm, wage discrimination, and constraints faced. A sample size of 150 households seventy-five each from two village viz. Teka and Kopra through random sampling method. The data was collected through structured interview schedule. Findings of the study that the per year participation of tribal households in different operations of farm were 250.07 man-days on an overall basis. Participation rate of tribal women in agriculture and allied sectors is high as compared to their male counterparts. The study revealed that the difference in wages of female and male wages was found to be much lower than the government wage rate. Major constraints of tribal women in the study area was low wages, less awareness on developmental programmes, lack of education, lack of freedom to take decision, health issues etc. there is need to put more attention on awareness programmes government schemes of scheduled tribes by the extension services. 1. INTRODUCTION A social group is usually identified by a common territory, dialect and cultural homogeneity, social and political organization. It may include several sub groups. Generally, tribe becomes Scheduled Tribe only when it is notified as Scheduled Tribe under Article 342 of Constitution of India. Agriculture is one such area where the developmental activities can be planned for the tribal farm women. Modern agricultural technology is almost unknown to the tribal community and has been left out from the main stream of economic development (Shamna et al., 2018). The rural women are extensively involved in agricultural activities. The nature and extent of their involvement differs with the variations in agro production systems. The way of participation of female in agricultural production varies with land- owning status of farm households. Their roles ranges are from managers to landless labourers (Vinod Kumar et al., 1985). Tribal farm women play an important role and make significant contribution to small and medium sized farm (Mohanta, 2017). Tribal women engaged at about 90 per cent in agricultural activities. The present study present study has taken up following objectives: 1) To analyse the participation of tribal women in different operations of farm. 2) To examine the wages of tribal women in agriculture & allied sector.