ROLE OF WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 57 husbandry provide the more important source of employment to women while crop husbandry provides demand for hired labour from the agricultural labour families and has a greater potential for increasing the role and participation of women in agriculture. A. SUDERSHAN REDDY* H. GIRIJA RANI** ^Lecturer in economics, C.K.M. Arts & Science College, Warangal * ^Lecturer in economics, Andhra Balika Degree College, Warangal