Determining the Participation of Rural Women in Agricultural Activities Case Study: (Banajoye Sharghi and Shomali Villages of district Bonab Azarbayjan Sharghi)

The main aim of this research is recognition of the rural women’s role in development of agriculture in Bonab which is one of the District of Azarbayjan Sharghi and also identification of effective variables (individual، family and organizational variables) on their participation in different agricultural activities. The research is descriptive – analytical and on the basis of surveying studies، the necessary information was accumulated، described and analyzed statistically. The 353 rural women who are active in different agricultural affairs، on the basis of Kukran formula، were selected as a sample from among eight best villages in Bonab and then they were given questionnaires by using the method of simple random sampling. For describing and analyzing the data، by using SPSS software، the unit sample t-tests، t-students and stepwise were used. The result holds that local women’s most participation is in also a meaningful relation between rural women’s individual factors or their family traits and their participation in productive activities.