ABSTRACT
The role of women in agricultural production is largely determined by the lifecycle of the
household, location of household fields and other tasks that women undertake during the
agricultural year. Their traditional role as primary seed-keepers and seed-processors is well
known in our society. They have conventionally been both experts and producers of food
from seed to kitchen, and as globalization shifts agriculture into capital-intensive mode,
women bear the disproportionate costs of both displacement and health hazards. They carry
the heavier work burden in food production and, because of gender discrimination, get lower
returns for their work. Women play an important role in all dimensions of agricultural
production – in certain regions, today’s women time input equals men's, while in other
regions traditions restrict their work to the household where they are involved in crop
processing and are in charge of household maintenance. The current study was carried out to
find the Problems of women farmers in Agricultural activities-reference to H.D.Kote taluk of
Mysore region.
Keywords: Health Issue, Agriculture, Women farmers, pesticides