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

Annual Report 2009-2010
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CHAPTER-24
GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN AGRICULTURE
Women in Agriculture at a Glance
Annexure-24.1
Sl. Division/Subject Scheme/Component Flow of benefit to women in
No. Matter Area schemes/programmes
1. Horticulture Technology Mission for Integrated From 2001-2009, 67,329 women entrepreneurs
Development of Horticulture in have been trained on different aspects of
North Eastern States, Sikkim, horticulture and 8,374 Women Self-Help
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Groups are in place
Pradesh and Uttaranchal (TMNE)
2. Agricultural Support to States for Extension Since inception of the scheme in 2005-06, up
Extension Reforms to November 2009, 25,03,751 farm women
(25.83 per cent of the total benefited farmers)
including 3,33,583 women farmers benefited
during 2009-10, and have participated in farmeroriented
activities like exposure visit, training,
demonstrations and Kisan Melas
National Gender Resource Centre Focal point for convergence, coordination
in Agriculture (NGRCA) and mainstreaming gender concerns in
agriculture
3,050 Extension functionaries at cutting edge
level are being sensitised through 122 GSM
training programmes of 3 days duration
organised by SAMETIs in 13 states, namely, AP,
Bihar, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan,
Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Kerala, Karnataka and West Bengal
Establishment of Agri-Clinics and During 2009-10, up to November 2009, 69
Agri-Business Centres (ACABC) women agriculture graduates have been
trained, out of which 29 have set up their own
ventures. Under the scheme, a credit link
subsidy @ 25 per cent of the capital cost of the
project funded through bank loan is eligible,
whereas, the subsidy is 33 per cent for women
farmers
Mass Media Support to In order to cater to the needs of women
Agriculture Extension farmers, special programmes are being
produced and broadcast by DD and AIR in areas
where women are pre-dominantly involved such
as apiaries, seed treatment, mushroom
cultivation, kitchen-gardening, post-harvest
management of fruits and vegetables,
cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants, etc.
3. Cooperation Intensification of Cooperative National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI)
Education in the cooperatively is running four exclusive development
underdeveloped states projects for women viz. Shimoga (Karnataka),
Berhampur (Orissa), Bhopal (MP) and Imphal
(Manipur) under the Special Scheme of
Intensification of Cooperative Education in the
Cooperatively Under-developed States