Status of rural women engaged in floriculture activities

The study was conducted in the purposively selected block Gaighata of the purposively selected district of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India to know the status of rural women engaged in floriculture activities. The data was collected from the randomly selected 100 respondents of the block with the help of a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Collected data were compiled and analysed statistically. It was found that the majority of the respondents did not take any govt. help and they were not having any idea about new technology related to floriculture. They used to apply chemical fertilizer for better production. It was found that knowledge of flower cultivation was significantly related with farming experience, category, land, house and age. Knowledge about activities related to garlanding was significantly related with occupation and urban contact.