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Economically empowered women can drive India’s growth
A latest edition of State of India’s Livelihoods (SOIL) Report, the flagship Report by ACCESS Development Services, highlights the potential of 'women-led development' and advocates the need to enable women to become active contributors to the economy.
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From fields to skies: Rural women soar with drone training
Over 1000 women farmers have been trained in operating drones at the Drone Destination, enabling them to improve their farming skills and increase their income.
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Women farmers harness solar power for irrigation
Switching to solar power for irrigation from diesel pumps that were costly, hard to operate and polluting, women farmers in this Uttar Pradesh village grow high-value crops, simultaneously reducing the irrigation cost by half.
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From acid attacks to STEM, these NGOs are working on issues concerning women and girls across India
Health, education, livelihood, gender crime…. When it comes to the issues faced by women and girls, the list can be long. Here are some development organisations working towards making the country a better place for them.
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From child bride to award winner, Rajasthan farmer breaks barriers
Married off as a teen, Sagar Kunwar of Pali in Rajasthan has evolved over the years to become the chairperson of an all-woman producer company, winning awards for spearheading organic farming.
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A herbal effect takes root in Uttarakhand’s hills
The terraced fields of Uttarakhand’s villages are fragrant with whiffs of rosemary, thyme and other herbs as farmers harvest the potential of these culinary ingredients to bring prosperity.
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Women reap success with rice seed business in Odisha
Women farmers in Ganjam district of Odisha turn entrepreneurs to fulfil local demand for good quality certified paddy seed.
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Women farmers go extra mile in Assam
Undeterred by lack of recognition, women farmers equip themselves with new skills to earn more by increasing productivity and growing additional crops in Darrang district of Assam.
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Women Farmers: Struggling to light up the hearth
This International Photography Day, we present a compelling photo essay by documentary photographer Vicky Roy, spotlighting women farmers. Through his lens, Vicky, a documentary photographer, captures the daily lives of India’s resilient women farmers, shedding light on their kitchen tasks – an added responsibility amidst their already demanding roles as farmers.
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Women suffer as Kashmir garlic faces market blues
As the market for Kashmiri garlic records a slump for the fourth year in a row, growers have been pushed against the wall in the Valley’s villages.
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Women’s organic farms mitigate Jharkhand’s migrant issue
Women farmers in Koteng Sera village of Jharkhand have embraced organic farming practices, breaking the cycle of labour migration, and securing nutritious f and income for their families.
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These unschooled Odisha women are running a farm school
Women farmers of Nuaguda village not only work to preserve traditional rice and millet varieties but also run a school to teach others how to follow sustainable agriculture practices.
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This is where your cabbage may be coming from
Bara Garan is a remote sleepy hamlet nestled at a height of 2,350m in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas. Located in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, Bara Garan had no road connectivity to a nearby town until a couple of decades back. Residents had to walk for a day to reach Barot, the nearest town. But things changed when a road was constructed. Now villagers who earlier grew crops only for self-sustenance are farming cabbage commercially, selling it to traders across north India.
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Tech transforms tribal women’s lives in Odisha, Jharkhand
Tribal women farmers, despite their extraordinary contribution to farm labour, are on the receiving end of multifaceted, systemic discrimination. A tech enabled project by Digital Green is empowering this vulnerable group to become agents of change within their communities.
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The dangerous state of women farmers
Women farmers face discrimination despite their contribution to the agricultural economy and protective laws. Self-help groups and women’s collectives offer them support and hope.
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Mixing it up: Odisha farmer’s journey inspires other women
In a mineral rich district of northern Odisha, Suprava Pradhan achieves financial independence by mixing millet cultivation with other crops, like mushrooms, and rearing livestock too, paving the way for other women farmers.
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“Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks as I received the award”
Damayanti Nayak’s inspiring journey is causing many farmers to take up collectivized and synchronized farming. Here Damayanti recalls how she went from growing crops for self consumption to earning 2 lacs from farming - in her own words
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Women adopt organic farming to transform a Karnataka village
The old adage – empower a woman and it will transform not just her and her family but the entire community – is coming true once again as more women take to organic farming in Handanakere of Tumkur district in Karnataka.
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Rural women farmers plough their way to financial freedom
With a good push from self-help groups and NGOs, women who had never stepped out of their house without a man, are now earning a decent living and a lot of respect from farming.
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How millet magic is empowering women in rural Odisha
Loaded with nutritional benefits and climate resistant properties, finger millet can be a life-transforming crop – especially if mini-millet flour mills, making the processing easier.