Lok Sabha Question No. 877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Participation of Women in Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 877 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

877.   SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान काण मंी be pleased to state:

- a) the efforts being taken by the Government to encourage the women participation in the agriculture sector for planting and harvesting the crops;
- b) the ways by which the special benefits of agricultural education are being extended to women in Gujarat so that they can be trained for sowing and harvesting of crops; and
- c) the details of the efforts made by the Government to ensure that no man or woman leave the agriculture profession?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान काण मंी

SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR

- (a) & (b):  The Government is implementing various schemes and programmes for the farmers  including  women  farmers  as  per  eligibility  and  conditions  existing  in  scheme guidelines.

The  guidelines  of  the  various  beneficiary  oriented  schemes  of  the  Department  of Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  (DA&FW),  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare provide that States and other implementing agencies should incur expenditure on women farmers. These schemes include Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension Reforms (ATMA), National Food Security Mission (NFSM), National Mission on Oilseed & Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Sub-Mission for  Seed  and  Planting  Material  (SMSP),  Sub-Mission  on  Agricultural  Mechanization (SMAM) and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).

O.I.H

The Central Sector Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is being implemented by DA&FW with the aim of providing financial assistance to landholding farmer families including women farmers across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria. Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, a sub-component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission with  the  aim  to  empower  women  by  making  systematic  investments  to  enhance  their participation and productivity, as also to create sustainable livelihoods of rural women. It is  a  demand driven programme implemented in project mode through the State Rural Livelihoods Mission as Project Implementing Agencies. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established 731 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in the country including Gujarat mandated with Technology Assessment and Demonstration for its Application and Capacity Development. KVKs organize training programs for the benefit of farmers and farm women, rural youth and extension personnel and organize women specific activities on various topics. In order to familiarize women with  the  latest  techniques  in  agriculture  and  allied  sectors,  trainings  are  also  being imparted to women under schemes of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.

(c):  With a view to make agriculture attractive and more remunerative, Government is implementing  a  number  of  schemes  which  include,  inter  alia,  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan Samman Nidhi  (PM-KISAN),  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY);  Soil Health  Card  (SHC)  Scheme;  National  Agriculture  Market  Scheme  (e-NAM);  Pradhan Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY);  Pradhan  Mantri  Kisan  Maan-Dhan  Yojana scheme(PMKMY); National Food Security Mission (NFSM); Kisan Credit Card (KCC); Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay  Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA)  and  Mission  for Integrated Development of Horticulture(MIDH).

Rashtriya  Krishi  Vikas  Yojana  (RKVY);  Agriculture  Infrastructure  Fund  (AIF)  and Establishment of Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centers (AC&ABC) component of Sub Mission of Agriculture Extension (SMAE)  support gainful self employment opportunities to rural youth. Government is also promoting integrated farming with focus on horticulture, floriculture,  bee-keeping,  fisheries,  agro-forestry,  etc.  to  diversify  the  income  base  of agricultural households.

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