FOOD SECURITY OF 300 WOMEN IN PURBA BARDHAMAN DISTRICT

This is a programmed which has been designed with a view to organizing 150 marginal farm women through 8 SHGs and 1 Farm Women Producers Company and maximizing their income level by way of optimizing their agricultural productivity through climate resilient agriculture. It also aims at causing socio-economic empowerment of 150 unrepresented women through skill formation in different sustainable livelihood and sensitizing them on their rights, gender justice and gender related violence through training and workshops. The project will be implemented at 16 backward villages in Purbasthali-I & II blocks in Purba Bardhaman District in West Bengal. The project will transfer innovative and climate resilient agricultural practices in indigenous paddy cultivation as First Crop and Lentil, Mustard and Sesame as Second Crop around 150 Fram Women. It will also empower 150 unrepresented women through livelihood security and enhancement of their social status.