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ABSTRACT

Received 24 Jun 2018
Revised 08 Nov 2018

Accepted 29 Mar 2019

The study is aimed to investigate the barriers which limit the active participation of women in the agricultural training program in Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province. Household interviews were conducted with the male head as well as spouses of each selected farm families that take part in Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) training course. The total sample size of the study was 150 respondents (including 75 male and 75 female respondents). A designed structured questionnaire was prepared for the data collection as the research instrument with the three-point and five-point Likert scale. The data thus collected were coded on SPSS for analysis and interpretation. Results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in age and educational status of male heads and their spouses. The farming sources are the primary income sources in all households. The intensity of participation of male respondents in different crops, and livestock activities was comparatively high as compared to their female counterparts. Their participation in crops and livestock activities showed that male-headed households had access to agricultural extension services and SRP training course as the same as women’ participation. Especially, there are four common factors affecting women’s participating decision in SRP training course including: spending too much time on house matters, spending less time on participating social activities, lacking experience regarding production, and depending too much on the decision made by their husbands.

Keywords

Barriers, decision, participating, sustainable rice platform

Cited as: Loi, N.H., Khai, N.H. and Tin, H.Q., 2019. Barriers to women’ s participation in the Sustainable Rice Platform training course in Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province. Can Tho University Journal of Science. 11(1): 112-116.