Women in rural Rajasthan are leading the way in building innovative solutions in agriculture. They currently helm around 20 government-approved startups in the state in this field
Women in rural Rajasthan are leading the way in building innovative solutions in agriculture. They currently helm around 20 government-approved startups in the state in this field-five in organic farming, two in dairy and 13 in other agro-based industries. This is in keeping with the momentum across the country, wherein women lead 173 agricultural startups.
"In collaboration with the NITI Aayog last year, 150 female entrepreneurs from Rajasthan were involved in a brainstorming session to discuss startups," said Tapan Kumar Sharma, joint director of the Department of Information and Technology, Jaipur.
"Besides training, the startups receive seed funding from the government along with a sustainability and marketing allowance. This figure is expected to rise gradually."
Honey-sweet carrots and the President's Award
Santosh Pachar, a resident of Jhigar Badi village in Rajasthan's Sikar district, may have studied only till class VIII, but she's received the President's Award twice (in 2013 and 2017) for her innovation with carrot seeds. Pachar, who owns around of 30 bighas of farmland, started advanced organic farming in 2002.
"At first, I didn't know what an agricultural officer was, but once I began attending agricultural fairs, I learned a lot from them," said Pachar, the only female farmer from...
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