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Agriculture is a cornerstone of many economies worldwide, yet gender disparities in agricultural activities and decision-making processes persist. The present study was conducted in Milkipur block of Ayodhya district in Uttar Pradesh to find out decision making activities performed by men and women in farm activities and understand gender role in deferent activities. The major outcome of the study were the majority of respondents (58.82%) belong to the middle age group (30 to 50 years) belongs to the nuclear family (77.45%) and most of them (60.78) were illiterate. After analysis of data it was clear that most of the decisions related to farm activities as number of crop, area for each crop, its variety, seed treatment practice, fertilizer application, irrigation timings and plant protection measures were taken by husband only (78.77%) followed joint decision (12.7%) taken with their wife or other family members. The decisions related to animal husbandry like number and breed of draught and milch animals were mainly taken by men (68.02%) followed by joint decision (20.84%). In the same manner decisions related to money matters again dominated by men with average 69.12 percent followed by joint decision with average 23.04 percent. In all criteria only few women were found who take their own decisions with average percentage of 6.26, 11.28 and 7.84 respectively.