Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in the Indian agriculture sector
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Understanding the immediate priorities to empower women in the Indian agriculture sectorBy Nitin Chaudhary, ET CONTRIBUTORS
Last Updated: Apr 03, 2021, 11:32 AM IST
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Presently, the agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women in India, which includes 48% of the self-employed farmers and 33% of the agriculture labour force.
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Despite women’s participation as self-employed entrepreneurs in agriculture and allied sectors accounting for about 25%, it is saddening that for most part, they are not viewed as farmers
The Government of India in its Economic Survey in 2018 noted that the agricultural sector is undergoing feminization, a term used to indicate how increasingly a large number of women are taking up roles as entrepreneurs, cultivators and labourers. Presently, the agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women in India
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The priority of a self-reliant India should be a self-reliant farming sector. Connecting all stakeholders within the agri value chain would be a step towards the goal of making India agriculturally self-reliant.
Agricultural value chains include the distribution of goods, expertise and awareness between small farmers and customers, adding value at each point of the output and consumption process.
The agriculture employs around 58% of the population contributing significantly to the Indian economy and accounting for 13% of total exports from the country. India continues to be a major supplier in the global food basket, as it is the world s leading producer and consumer of milk, wheat, pulses, basmati rice, spices, oil, meat, sugar, cotton and castor oil.
Samunnati launches Agri Elevate platform to connect farmers, FPOs, agri enterprises
December 23, 2020
Akin to business directory services, it helps FPOs and agri enterprises meet their info, service needs Samunnati, a financial solutions provider for the agri sector, announced the launch of Agri Elevate, an ecosystem platform to offer services across the agri value chain to farmers, farmer producer organisation (FPOs) and agri enterprises.
The platform, essentially on the lines of business directory services, is aimed at helping FPOs and agri enterprises meet their information and service needs.
The key challenges faced by FPOs, as well as the ecosystem players trying to address their issues include information asymmetry, lack of access to network channels and financial intermediation, the company said in a statement.