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Enriching Life and Livelihood of Farm Women

Farm women are more vulnerable in spite of their immense contribution in agriculture. They are overloaded with the burden of unpaid activities both in home and farm front. Women face a number of challenges in leading their livelihoods. Therefore, the livelihood of farm women should be analyzed with suitable approaches and strategies should be developed for enriching it. Some parameters identified for enriching life and livelihood were: quality food, full employment, better education, leadership, decision making, participation, access to resources, etc. In this context, ICAR-CIWA took initiative to introduce some women friendly technologies like mushroom cultivation, backyard poultry rearing, duckery, vermi composting, fish fry production, fish cultivation, goat farming, value addition, etc. The impact of technology was also assessed in which the livelihood of farm women was found to be enriched with enhanced knowledge, skill, income, nutrition, employment, access, mobility and reduced drudgery.