TABLE 4: PERCEPTION OF FEMALE CONTRIBUTION TO O;'-FARR UOR. Ar.t
DECISION-MAKING (PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHO SAID
WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORK/DECISION-4AKr:G IS MORE
THAN THAT OF 4ALE'S)
Female Farmer Extension Agents
Women's Hill Terai Female Hale Status of
Contribution to Area Area AA AA JT/JTA ADO Women Report
Work 78 80 72 26 56 zz22 67
Decision-making 31 38 52 z a 0 42
Source: Shrestha,. Padma et al. Planning Extension for Farm Wtomen, Integrated
Cereals Project, USAID Kathmandu, Nepal, 1984, p. 29.
TABLE 5: CONTACTS BY EXTENSION AGENTS PER MONTH REPORTED
BY FEMALE FARMERS IN NEPAL (FREQUENCIES AND PERCENTAGES)*
Area
Type of 1 2 3 4
Extension Agent Dang Parsa Lamjung Ohankuta Total
Male JT/JTAb 21 26 8 8 63 (58.)
Male AAa 1 23 2 2 28 (26%)
Female JT/JTA 1 1 ( 1%)
Female AA 16 16 (15%)
TOTAL 39(36%) 4946%) 10 (9%) 10(9%) 108 (100.)
TABLE 6: MOBILITY OF FEMALE FARMERS VS. SEX OF EXTEIISION AGENT
BY DISTRICT IN NEPAL (PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN EACH
CATEGORY RESPONDING AS SUCH)*
Area
1 2 3 4
Dang Parsa Lamjung Ohankuta Total
Would go to a male 8 20 50 33 29
extension agent
Would talk to a male 18 35 75 50 46
extension agent in home
Would go to a female 94 90 92 94 93
extension agent
Would talk to a female 100 100 97 100 99
extension agent in home
*Source: Shrestha, Padma et al. Planning Extension for Farm Wtomen,
Integrated Cereals Project. USAID Kathmandu, Nepal, 1984,
p. 31 & 52.