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Dr. (Mrs) Meenu Srivastava No. CCAS /Estt/2021/

Professor & Dean Date: 22/02/2021

5 Days Training Programme

on “Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture and Allied Sectors”

22nd February, 2021

Press News

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture &Technology, College of Community and Applied

Sciences, Udaipur in collaboration with National Institute of Agriculture Extension

(MANAGE), Hyderabad is organizing 5 days online training programme on “Gender

Mainstreaming in Agriculture and Allied Sectors” from 22nd to 26th February, 2021. The

training programme was inaugurated on 22 February, 2021 with digital lamp

lightingfollowed by ICAR and MPUAT video kulgeet. Online training programme was address

by The Hon’ble vice chancellor prof. Narendra Singh Rathore, MPUAT, Udaipur. He

highlighted about the gender issue in agriculture and allied sectors, Technological

empowerment of women in agriculture for bringing equity with these 4C principles:

Convergence of appropriate technologies, Collaboration, and cooperation, Collective action

and capacity development), Transition of farm women to women farmers by development

of entrepreneurship, ways for self-confidence, knowledge updatation, innovation, learning

aptitudes and leadership development.

In her welcome address Dr Meenu Srivastava, Dean, College of Community and Applied

Sciences emphasized the need of sensitizing the stakeholder of Government/ Non-

Government Organizations about implementation of gender mainstreaming in agriculture to

benefit farm women and issue related with it.

Dr Veenita Kumari, Director (General Studies), MANAGE briefed about the MANAGE

activities and online courses offered through MOOCS.

The guest of honor Dr P. Chandra Shekara, Director General, MANAGE, Hyderabad,

highlighted the working of ATMA and KVK for the promotion of 10000 farmer’s producers

through activities of demonstration, trainings and self-help groups. He focused to inculcate

planning of markets, aspects of marketing, processing, emphasized on digital literacy and

how to use technologies regular connectivity with related departments like technology,

market and recent government programmes.

Guest of Honor Dr P S Pandey, ADG Education, ICAR, New Delhi, highlighted role of gender,

low awareness of people needs to sensitize the men and women, gender identity is very

important and stereotype is a big limitation for the growth.

During the inauguration session guest of honor Dr Vishwanath Sadamate, Former Advisor

Agriculture- Planning Commission, New Delhi, highlighted that farm women is a part of

practically all the farm operations not only in production but in post-harvest and even

marketing of perishable, etc.

Just after the completion of inaugural session, technical session was convened by two

eminent key speakers Dr Vishwanath Sadamate addressed on “Empowering Women

through FPOs” and Dr P S Pandey, on “Gender concept and Stereotypes”. Dr Vishwanath

Sadamate, brief about the account of growth of extension service over a period of time. He

highlighted about the extension service providers, emerging pluralism- models like public

sector, private sectors, farmer driven, NGO driven and media driven including social media

now. Hence, he pointed out the need for empowerment through intervene, through

trainings, enhanced accesses, entrepreneurship etc. Dr P S Pandey focuses on the

importance of family to educate people in gender issue and role of gender. Awareness of

people is very low hence; there is strong need to sensitize about the topic gender

mainstreaming in agriculture and allied sectors.

Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr Sudha babel, Course Co-ordinator, Professor and Head,

TAD, CCAS, Udaipur. The training was conducted by Dr Vishakha Bansal, Course Co-

ordinator, Prof. EECM, CCAS, MPUAT, Udaipur.

The training programme was attended by 128 dignitaries and participants including

agricultural scientists, faculties, young professionals and students of different institutions.

The training programme was assisted by Course Co-coordinators Dr Kusum Sharma, Mrs

vandana Joshi, Ms latika Sanchiher and Mr Piyush Choudhary.