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Identification and Analysis of Factors Hampering Women Empowerment in Agricultural Decision Making and Extension Work in the Punjab, Pakistan: A Case Study of District Okara

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Author

Anila Afzal

Program

PhD

Institute

University of Agriculture

City

Faisalabad

Province

Punjab

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2009

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Applied Sciences

Language

English

Link

http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/44

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676726386428

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Women in Pakistan comprised almost half of total population and their participation rate in agricultural sector is about 70 percent. Pakistani women actively participate in agriculture and contribute in all areas including production of crops, livestock management etc., along with normal domestic chores. Despite expanding role of women in agricultural sector, extension services in Pakistan are limited to men than women. The investigation was designed to measure the position and contribution of rural women, their constraints in decision making regarding agricultural activities and mainly how the rural women can be empowered for sustainable agricultural development in the district Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. It was envisioned that women participation in extension activities has rarely been investigated. A multistage random sampling technique was used to collect the data from 480 respondents from three Tehsils of the district. From each Tehsil, eight villages were taken by using simple random sampling technique. Twenty farm families were selected from each selected village at random and one woman was further selected randomly from each selected household. So, 480 farm families made a total of 480 respondents for the study. The results show that a vast majority of women were illiterate, having monthly family income less than one lac, having small land farms, and living in joint family system. A large proportion of the respondents reported that they had to face problems and constraints in accessing agricultural extension services in the context of social, economic, cultural, and political issues. Bivariate analysis indicated that education level of women, income of household, family type were significantly associated with the selected variables of constraints women faced in decision making process and their participation conditions in that process. Some variables showed strong association e.g. education of women. Ownership of land by women depicted strong significant with majority of the selected variables. However, addressing theses constraints effectively the situation of women empowerment can be improved in rural areas. If they would be empowered financially and economically they would become independent in their decisions, which can play a vital role to empower women.
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حوالہ جات کا طریق کار

موضوع6:حوالہ جات کا طریق کار
حوالوں کی ضرورت و اہمیت:
تحقیقی کتابوں اور مقالات میں حوالے بڑی اہمیت کے حامل ہوتے ہیں۔حوالوں کے بغیر تحقیقی کام کی تصدیق کرنا مشکل ہو جاتا ہے۔ جس طرح ایک وکیل اپنے دلائل کو تقویت دینے کے لیے قانون کی کتابوں سے حوالے دیتا ہے بالکل اسی طرح ایک محقق اپنے خیالات کو تقویت دینے کے لیے دوسرے ماہرین کی تحریروں کے حوالے دیتا ہے اور ان کا اندراج باقاعدہ طے شدہ اصولوں کے مطابق کرتا ہے۔ حوالوں کی اہمیت کا اندازہ درج ذیل باتوں سے لگایا جا سکتا ہے :
• قارئین کو مقالے کی بہتر تفہیم میں مدد دیتے ہیں۔
• محقق کے مطالعے کی وسعت کا پتہ چلتا ہے۔
• قارئین کوتحقیق میں استعمال کیے گئے ماخذ سے آگاہی ہوتی ہے۔
• ماخذات کے ذرائع اور اقتباسات کے مصنفین کی کاوشوں کو خراج تحسین پیش کرنے میں مدد دیتے ہیں۔
حوالے دینے کے مختلف طریقے:
حوالہ بالحاظ صفحہ:
ہر صفحہ کے متن کے نیچے آخری سطور پر حوالے درج کیے جاتے ہیں۔ایسی صورت میں ہر صفحہ کا حوالہ نمبر 1،2،3سے شروع ہوگا
حوالہ بالحاظ باب:
باب کے آخر میں حوالہ دینا:ایسی صورت میں حوالہ نمبر مسلسل دینے ہوں گے ،گویاجہاں باب ختم ہوگا وہاں حوالے درج کیے جائیں گے۔
حوالہ بالحاظ مقالہ/کتاب:
پورے مقالے یا کتاب کے آخرمیں ابواب کی ترتیب باب نمبر 1،2،3وغیرہ سے حوالے درج کیے جاتے ہیں۔
نوٹ: مشقی کام یا اسائنمنٹ کے لیے حوالہ بالحاظ صفحہ اور مقالہ کیلیے حوالہ بالحاظ باب نمبر کو زیادہ موزوں خیال کیا جاتا ہے۔
حوالے کے اندراج کے اصول:
• حوالہ میں صرف طے شدہ ،مختصر تفاصیل درج ہونی چاہییں۔
• پہلی بار حوالہ مکمل صورت میں درج کرنا ہوگا۔
• دوسری بار صرف مصنف،تحریر کا عنوان اور ص نمبر کا اندراج ہوگا۔
• اگر حوالہ مسلسل ہے...

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Exploration of Agrowastes As Potential Sorbents for the Removal of Selected Pollutants from Industrial Effluents: Qspr Modeling, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Investigations

Concerns about environmental protection from harmful chemicals are augmented due to continuously increasing industrialization. To make environment clean and reduce the effects of these chemicals, adsorption technology has got prevalence over other methods in terms of simple experimental design and low cost. In present work, adsorption of metals and dyes was performed on selected adsorbents. Initially, five sorbents (Ficus carica, Aerva javinica, Saccharum arundinaceum, Citrus sinensis and Pongamia pinnata) were taken in account to check their adsorption potential. After initial screening, three sorbents (Ficus carica, Aerva javinica, Saccharum arundinaceum) were selected, which showed significant adsorption (more than 75%) for metals as well as dyes. Experimental work was divided into two steps. In first step, Saccharum arundinaceum was used for adsorption of Cd2+ ions from aqueous solution employing 24 full factorial design experiment. 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In thermodynamic analysis, Gibbs free energy (∆Gº), Enthalpy (∆Hº), Entropy (∆Sº) and Sorption Energy were determined and negative values of ∆Gº (–633.44 kJ/mol at 313 K) indicated a spontaneous nature and feasibility of adsorption process. Positive values for enthalpy and entropy revealed the endothermic nature of process. Adsorption kinetics analysis, employing linear and non-linear forms of pseudo-first and pseudo second order equations, was performed. Non-linear forms of pseudo-second order equation showed a good predictive ability, as it shows results close to experimental results (Qe (mg/g) = 18.1707). In second step, adsorption of 13 selected metal ions and 14 dyes was performed on Ficus carica and Aerva javinica. The batch adsorption experiment of metal ions and dyes was achieved onto Ficus carica and Aerva javinica adsorbents by employing best suited conditions determined after parameters optimization by Response Surface Methodology. 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