Volume : 9, Issue : 3, MAR 2023
DRA ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
THE IMPACT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON THE LIVES OF RAJASTHAN'S INDIGENOUS WOMEN (A CASE STUDY OF GHOOMER MAHILA SAMITI)
DR. NAMRATA KHEMRAJ YADAV, SHIVANGI MALI
Abstract
Indigenous Women are pioneering the development of creative agricultural solutions. In India, agriculture accounted for the majority of the GDP. Agriculture accounted for 18–20% of India's GDP. Women are pioneering the development of innovative agricultural solutions in rural Rajasthan.
Many other states have created agricultural businesses using various technologies like droning technology, smart farming processes, deep irrigation, greenhouse farming, etc, but we have not kept up with them since our independence due to illiteracy, technical advancement, and so on. There is a need to encourage women-only FPOs in order to increase female involvement, improve access to resources and services, and sustain higher income.
Many women form groups and engage in agricultural and humanitarian activities, but due to cultural constraints and distance from government assistance groups, they face challenges. That's the reason or real fact; we may also look at the downfall of the instabilities today, especially among indigenous or tribal women in Rajasthan, from the perspective of women's empowerment theories of the 21st century in India. Consider the following federation as an example.
A federation with the goal of promoting the social and economic welfare of underprivileged tribal families, Ghoomar Mahila Samiti was registered under the Societies Act of 1958. A group of 4,360 tribal women from Bali Block in Pali District make up Ghoomar Mahila Samiti. Samiti's long-term goal is to provide the final mile of tribal people with improved access to healthcare and educational opportunities. They are engaged in agricultural activities using natural resources, such as producing thalis from tendu leaves and Gulal’s from leftover flowers from temples. The federation coordinates funds and provides training to work on issues relating to agriculture, horticulture, natural resource management, among other things, through collaborations with other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Keywords
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS, INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR, TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT, TSP AREA, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.
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