Evaluation of Self Help Groups (SHG) as a social enterprise for women empowerment

Evaluation of Self Help Groups (SHG) as a social enterprise for women empowerment

Authors

  • Binoo P Bonny Communication Centre, KAU
  • P Rajendran Kerala Agricultural University

Keywords:

Value creation, Centrality, Proactivity, Appropriability, Voluntarism and visibility

Abstract

Paper examines the conditions under which women empowerment is related to value creation in Self Help Groups (SHG). Relationship of centrality, appropriability, proactivity, visibility, and voluntarism to value creation has been examined. The results suggest that all the variables had significant relation with value creation except proactivity. Voluntarism showed a negative significant relation which in turn contributes to women empowerment in groups. This has great implication for public policy that value creation should be associated with group priorities for the greater empowerment of group members. The results revealed that as the concept of social enterprise gets extended to SHGs for women empowerment in agriculture, the triple bottom line of profit, sustainable natural resource management and social impact also gets adopted .

Author Biographies

Binoo P Bonny, Communication Centre, KAU

Associate Professor Communication Centre Mannuthy P.O. 680651

P Rajendran, Kerala Agricultural University

Professor (Retired) RARS, Pattambi Kerala Agricultural University

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Published

23-12-2013

How to Cite

Bonny, B. P., & Rajendran, P. (2013). Evaluation of Self Help Groups (SHG) as a social enterprise for women empowerment. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 51(1), 60–65. Retrieved from https://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/282

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Regular papers

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