Send Message

Custom Hiring Centre: A Means of Livelihood for Farm Women

Improving livelihood of farm women creates a positive environment in the social and economic development of the nation. For rural women, agri-entrepreneurship is one of the sustainable livelihood approaches where the limited resources are skillfully utilized and value added to enhance income and employment of people. The resource base and needs of farm women of Jaguleipadar, Kanas, Puri were studied and a Custom Hiring Centre (CHC) was established to improve their livelihood. A Women Farmers Interest Group (WFIG) was created involving farm women from a number of SHGs for smooth running of the CHC. A spice grinding machine was installed in the CHC for value addition of farm produce and to improve the livelihood opportunity of the farmwomen and farmers. Besides, the CHC was also provided with various agricultural tools and equipments. The CHC supplied equipments and tools to needy farm women/ farmers on hiring basis which strengthened the financial base of the WFIG besides the income earned through the use of spice grinding machine.