The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organized a webinar on 22 October 2021 on “Women in Agri-startups: Creating Value with Supply Chain Management”. The webinar was organized under whose guidance?
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organized a webinar on 22 October 2021 on “Women in Agri-startups: Creating Value with Supply Chain Management”. The webinar was organized under whose guidance? Correct Answer Narendra Singh Tomar
The correct answer is Narendra Singh Tomar.
Key Points
- The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organized a webinar on 22 October 2021 on “Women in Agri-startups: Creating Value with Supply Chain Management”.
- It was a part of the series of events for celebrating Mahila Kisan Diwas 2021.
- The webinar was organized under the guidance of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
- An e-book was also released during the event.
Important Points
- The Webinar on Women in Agri-Startups focused on:
- Enabling Women Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness.
- Strategy and Schemes to support Agri-Startups in India.
- Technology transfer to Startups for Commercialization.
- Value Chain Management.
- Challenges faced by Agri-StartupsAgripreneures.
- Agriculture sector employs 80% of all economically active women; they comprise 33% of the agricultural labour force and 48% of self-employed farmers.
- The focus is on the formation of women Self Help Groups (SHGs), Women Federations and Women Farmer Producer Organisations; capacity building interventions; linking them to microcredit; enhancing their access to information and ensuring their representation in decision making bodies at various levels.
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