Chandi Bai hails from Arjun Nayak Thanda, a village in Zaheerabad Mandal, Sangareddy district. This is an arid region with barren lands that makes farming challenging. She lives...
Women-led farm enterprises: Unleashing the potential of humble millets
The revival of millets in Odisha has instilled a sense of confidence among women groups, helping them to beat poverty and malnutrition. Odisha Millets Mission and Mission Shakti...
Journey of becoming Agripreneurs – Challenges and way forward for women farmers
Promoting women led agricultural enterprises is no more a choice but a necessity for sustainable development. Ensuring women driven businesses in rural set-ups will not only...
Economic empowerment of rural women – Through small enterprises
Majority of the rural women are landless. Invariably, they work as farm labourers. Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal, an NGO has helped women of Sagroli in Maharashtra in empowering...
Value addition through solar drying
The collective strength of women farmers is being leveraged by integrating solar drying technology with off-farm value addition of primary produce. The decentralized enterprise...
