Table 2.

Agricultural activities across seasons (women).

Month	Cotton	Paddy
June	Sowing	Land preparation /transplanting
July	Weeding and fertilizer application	Transplanting
August	Weeding and fertilizer application	Transplanting
September	Land preparation and fertilizer application	Weeding
October	Cotton picking and fertilizer application	Weeding
November	Cotton picking	Harvesting
December	Cotton picking	Harvesting/Storage/Processing
January	Cotton picking	Harvesting/Storage/Processing
February	Relatively free months	Other activities
March	MGNREGA and other activities	Other activities
April	Soil cultivation, banking arrangements and other off-farm work	Other activities
May	Soil cultivation, banking arrangements and other off-farm work	Other activities