It is observed that while woman share half the population, the share of women among total main workers has been declining. In view of this, the article studies the trend in women workforce in the agricultural sector from 2004–2005 to 2018–2019 and discusses reasons for the declining trend, various gender related challenges faced by women workforce in agriculture and policies which may be implemented to address the same.
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