A woman worker uses her fingertips on an average 522 times, her fingernails 144 times and her palms 55 times for every single kilogramme of grain that she produces, according to a survey by India’s Ministry of Agriculture.
Introducing sustainable organic farming and power-operated implements, holding training programmes and exposure visits for women farmers, thereby enhancing their knowledge and decision-making abilities has been a rewarding investment of the PRADAN team in some villages of Odisha, creating the path to self-sufficiency and food sufficiency
Focusing on making BYP a financially viable enterprise, and through systematic handholding of SHG women, training them and ensuring regular deworming and vaccinations for the birds, the CAHWs have set villagers on the path to progress and prosperity.
