15th October 2020, New Delhi
To recognize the women’s critical role and significant contributions in agriculture, food and nutrition security and income generation, the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi celebrated the “Mahila Kisan Diwas or Women Farmers Day” today.
The Chief Guest of the occasion, Dr. R.C. Agrawal, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education) & National Director, National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) emphasized the women farmers’ role in saving and conserving the genetic and agro-biodiversity in the country. He also highlighted about the inevitable contributions made by some women farmers from the different parts of the country. Dr. Agrawal urged for identifying the feasible solutions for the women farmers’ requirements.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Dr. Rajender Parsad, Director, ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi underlined the various details of women-friendly technologies that can be accessed through the ICAR Technology Repository.
Ms. Rashi Verma, Founder & President, Agrismartic Start-Up delivered a talk on “Gender Equality and use of technology in Agriculture to Boost Women’s Empowerment”. She outlined the various technological interventions like AI, IoT, etc., and their uses for empowering the women farmers.
With the help of their paintings and poems, the Institutes’ staff members and students also paid their tributes to the inevitable contributions of women farmers in the Indian agriculture.
A total of 82 participants actively participated in the event.
(Source: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi)
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