The report is structured as follows. Section one examines the contribution of the rural economy to the national economy, the structure of the farm and non-farm sectors and their relative importance. Section two describes policies and constraints affecting the wider rural economy including,...

The paper examines the participation of rural women in home and farm activities in the Nasik district, Maharashtra. It indicates that invisibility of the majority of women, who act as unpaid workers on the family. Care of livestock is a female domain but as agricultural workers are becoming...