WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative Limited (IFFCO’s INITIATIVE)

Website: www.iffdc.in, E-mail: iffdcchiefexecutive@gmail.com

STRATEGY INCLUSION- Involving women in all thematic interventions.

IMPROVE/ UPGRADATION- Their Skill and knowledge-base

ACCESS – Better access to inputs and Services

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF WOMEN SHG MEMBERS

INCLUSION

Motivation and Leadership Development

Provision in membership/bye laws

Sensitisation

Equal Opportunity

IMPROVE/ UPGRADATION

Enabling Environment

Skill Development

Capacity Building

Dari Making, Rajasthan Kota Doria Saree Rajasthan

Beauty Palour Training in Rajasthan

SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN

Chandua (Embroidery work) in Odisha Coir Toys making, Odisha

Awareness Programme for SHG Women Tailoring Training for Self Help Groups members

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RURAL NON FARM DEVELOPMENT

Objective: :Rejuvenation of Endangered Handicraft

Project area :Dungarpur, Udaipur and Rajasmand districts (Raj.)

Achievements: 33 SHG-1850 artisans, Skill enhancement on Meenakari, Sculpture, Bamboo items, leather work etc.

Meenakari work in Rajasthan

ACCESS

Rights

Resources

Market

Information, communication and technology

SHG WOMEN MEMERS VISITING IN IFFCO, KALOL CORDET

A JOINT TRAINING ON “BUILDING MANAGEMENT

CAPACITY OF WOMEN FOR CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT”

WAS CONDUCTED BY IFFDC & ICA AT UDAIPUR (RAJ.).

STAKE OF WOMEN Women Membership in Farm Forestry Society - 38%

SHG Women Membership - 93%

Chairperson in Farm Forestry Society - 20 (No.)

Women Board Members in IFFDC - 2 (Out of 11)

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Spices Value - Chain addition

Ginger Production Sale of Turmeric, Black Soyabean, Ginger, Ramdana

SELF HELP GROUPS

The IFFDC is nurturing 1,093 SHG with total

membership of 11,878 of which 93% are women.

621 Producer Group (PGs) which works like SHG with

membership of 5,675 of which 91% are women.

Apart from Self help Group formation, women

membership is also encouraged in Community Based

Oganisation such as Primary Farm Forestry

Cooperative Societies (PFFCS), Primary Livelihood

Development Cooperative Societies (PLDCS) and

Water User Committee (WUC) etc.

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Formation of Women Cooperatives

15 Women Cooperatives (U.P.-6, Raj.-5, and

M.P.-4) have been registered with

Cooperative Department.

INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES

FOR SHG MEMBERS

To develop skill and new avenues of Income

Generation for the women members, the

innovation technologies of “National Innovation

Foundation- India” (NIFI) on Sanitary Napkin

Manufacturing, Agarbatti Making and Wick

making etc. have been adopted in the project

areas.

INCOME GENERATION FOR SHG

MEMBERS

Activities

Tailoring & Embroidery Poultry

Beauty Parlour Dairy

Agarbatti making Food Grain Shop

Computer training Furniture

Mechanic (Welder, Diesel

Mechanic, Plumbing, Electrician

etc.)

Garment Shop

Cotton Wick making General Store

Sanitary Napkin making Goat Rearing

Badi & Papad Making Hardware Shop

Fish Farming Hair Cut Saloon

INCOME GENERATION FOR SHG

MEMBERS

Activities

Nylon Bags Making Shopping Beg

Agarbhatti Packing Coir Bag like Toys

Chandua Making, Bee Keeping

Masala Packing, Tent House Shop

Dari Making Vermi Compost

Kota Doria Saree Washing Powder

Sause Making Chips Making

Meenakari Product Juice Shop

Flour Mill Sweet Shop

IFFCO Fertiliser, IFFDC Seed, Agri

Inputs

Foot Mats Making

INCOME GENERATION FOR SHG

MEMBERS

Activities

Tailoring & Embroidery Poultry

Beauty Parlour Dairy

Agarbatti making Food Grain Shop

Computer training Furniture

Mechanic (Welder, Diesel Mechanic,

Plumbing, Electrician etc.)

Garment Shop

Cotton Wick making General Store

Sanitary Napkin making Goat Rearing

Badi & Papad Making Hardware Shop

Dona Pattal Making Grain trading

Fish Farming Hair Cut Saloon

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View of Poultry Rearing by project families for income generation

Income Generation Activities for

SHG Member

IGA-Agarbatti Making

IGA-Sanitary Napkin Making