Launches E-Book on ’Success Stories of Progressive Women Farmers and Agripreneurs’
The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare recently organised a webinar on ’Women in Agri-startups: Creating Value with Supply Chain Management’ in the series of events for celebrating MahilaKisanDiwas 2021. The webinar was organised under the guidance of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and in the august presence of Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Kailash Choudhary. Choudhry released an e-book depicting ’Success Stories of 75 progressive women farmers and women entrepreneurs to commemorate 75 years of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The webinar on Women in agri-startups focussed on enabling women entrepreneurship in agribusiness; strategy and schemes to support agri-startups in India; technology transfer to startups for commercialisation; value chain management and challenges faced by agri-startups.
The Senior and middle-level extension functionaries, women farmers and agri-entrepreneurs and resource persons from various training institutes participated in the event. The successful women entrepreneurs from various states also narrated their views and experiences on the occasion.
