SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT

WOMEN FARMERS COLLECTIVE

BACKGROUND & RATIONALE

Nearly 75% of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women, yet they have been consistently denied their due recognition, land, title and money as compared to their male counterparts. Based on the principles of ‘ecofeminism’, our collective will visibilise women farmers, especially smallholder marginalized women, with a development vision led by social justice and empowerment. While women engage in both childcare and intensive labour, they have little to no financial independence and no space to consider their own health, body, or leisure. This initiative both recognizes and empowers women to be independent change-makers and writers of their own destiny: not at the mercy of their husbands, communities, or even the state.

UPSKILLING WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS

INCOME GENERATION SKILLS

ENTREPRENEURIAL

CAPACITY BULIDING

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This women farmer’s collective is at the helm of the Farm School from start to finish. Learning from their expertise and experience, we capacitate them with innovative sustainable farming practices, income generation skills and financial literacy, support them to secure rights over productive livelihood resources and entitlements, improve household food security and build systems to promote women led rural enterprises. Our collective members will be at the helm of equal participation and decision making, starting from their family upwards, and will be integral members of the Swechha Farm School team.