The study was taken up in Upper Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam with the objective of analyzing the effect of risk arising from chronically flood hazards in the State. The perceived risk inherent with the occurrence of flood is the main hindrance in using the inputs and low productivity in the study region. Rice is the dominant crop in the region with little scope for other crops due to hydrological condition. The area is dominant with marginal and small farms with low literacy percentage. The farmers are primarily dependent on the farming and off farm income is very less. Labor showed...

Among the food-grains, rice is the principal crop in the state of Assam. The agro-climatic situation prevailing across the zones favours rice cultivation in the state. Hence, the state being one of the main rice growing states of India can contribute a lot to the national economy. The area, production and productivity of crops fluctuate with time. Change in productivity is basically technological and hence, more promising. Therefore, a quantitative assessment of growth and instability as well as adoption pattern of technologies assumes significance in the context of agricultural development...

Women play important role in agricultural production, carry out various agricultural operations like seeding, transplanting, weeding, fertilizer application, plant protection, thinning, harvesting, selling farm products, processing, storage, marketing of farm products etc. Assamese rural women also work actively in agricultural and allied activities in family farms. Tribal women in Assam work a little longer per day for different farm operations than non-tribal women. It is noteworthy that Assamese rural women spend more time on harvesting and transplanting than other operations. Women also...