Role of Agricultural Producers Cooperative Marketing Society (APCMS) in Empowering Women: A Study in Tamil Nadu

In developing countries, among the poor rural women are the poorest and more vulnerable. Cooperatives can be used as breeding ground for socio-economic empowerment of women. The study examined agricultural produce marketing cooperatives in relation to women empowerment. While making the study, the following questions emerged and that needs to be addressed. Based on the above background the objectives of the study. The research particularly examined the socio economic charteristics of the female respondents in Erode APCMS.The Agricultural Producer Cooperative Marketing Society that brought changes in their life. It is basically to bring economic, social and environmental benefits. The study conducted by contacting 50 respondents and they were selected by adopting purposive sampling method. Primary data were collected through interview schedule. Both the primary and secondary data were collected. To this light, the major concern of this study is to analyze and assess the role of cooperatives in performing socio-economic empowerment of women. The study reveals that women’s involvement in cooperatives has some positive impacts.