New Delhi: In an endeavour to empower rural women and make them financially independent, the National Commission for Women has launched a country-wide training and capacity building programme for women in dairy farming.
According to the statement issued by the Commission, it is collaborating with agricultural universities across the country to identify and train women associated with dairy farming and allied activities in different aspects such as value addition, quality enhancement, packaging and marketing of dairy products among others.
The first programme under the project was organised on ‘Value Added Dairy products’ for women SHG groups at Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar in Haryana in association with Haryana State Rural Livelihood Mission.
Launching the project, NCW chief Rekha Sharma said that financial independence is key to women empowerment. “Women in rural India are involved in every part of dairy farming yet they have been unable to attain financial independence. NCW, through its project, aims at empowering women and help them achieve financial independence by training them in the quality enhancement of dairy products, its value addition, packaging and increasing the shelf life and marketing of their products", she said.
