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Role of Indian Women's Self-Help Groups for the Development of Community Resilience in the Agricultural and Allied Sectors

Kennady Vijayalakshmy
National Institute of Standards and International Livestock Research Institute, India
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Jyotsnarani Biswal
National Institute of Standards and International Livestock Research Institute, India
Habibar Rahman
National Institute of Standards and International Livestock Research Institute, India
Sharmistha Chakraborty
National Institute of Standards and International Livestock Research Institute, India
DOI icon 10.24018/ejdevelop.2023.3.4.281

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Submitted 2023-05-30
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Rural women play a significant role in agriculture and related industries in our nation and are essential to the welfare of farm households. The farm women perform a huge variety of tasks every day, including farming, raising and producing livestock, gathering forest produce, etc. In addition to their typical domestic duties, they also fetch water, fodder, and firewood for the family's needs as well as for the cattle. Women make up almost half of India's human resource pool. Many of them reside in rural areas, and many of them are uneducated, destitute, and under the poverty line. In addition, rural women have less access to a variety of resources than urban women. Therefore, it is necessary to alter their ability to work, broaden their knowledge, hone their talents, and raise their economic standing.
Keywords: Agriculture Development Livestock Self-Help Groups Women

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