Annual Report 2009-2010 - Department of Agriculture & Co-operation

science and technology, implements, credit,
and support services like crèches, child care
centres, nutrition, health, and training.
iii) Encouragement to women for
participating in group activities aimed at
achieving economies of scale through
farming groups.
iv) Involvement of women in conservation
and development of bio-resources.
Further details indicating the involvement of
women in agriculture are given in Annexure-24.1.
24.16 Current Initiatives:
Under the National Food Security
Mission, at least 33 per cent of allocation
of funds is for small, marginal, and
women farmers.
Gender sensitisation of extension
functionaries at the senior, middle and
cutting edge levels to ensure the
inclusion of gender dimensions in policy
and programmes for bringing women into
the mainstream of agriculture
development.
Review of the guidelines of all beneficiaryoriented
schemes of the DAC, and their
revision, if required, to ensure the flow
of benefits to women farmers.
Reporting and MIS formats of all
Beneficiary-Oriented Schemes (BOS) of
the DAC are being revised to generate
gender-disaggregated data.
24.17 The Way Forward: The foremost
mandate of the DAC is to improve agricultural
production and productivity. Within its overall
mandate, goals, and objectives, the effort is to
ensure that women also contribute effectively
to agricultural productivity and production. The
appropriate structural, functional, and
institutional measures are being promoted by
the DAC to empower women, build up their
capacities, and improve their access to inputs,
technology, marketing, and other farming
resources. The mainstreaming of gender
concerns is being addressed by allocating and
ensuring a flow of 30 per cent of funds for
women farmers under all the beneficiaryoriented
schemes and programmes of the
Ministry.
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