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Sustainable food processing activities for food and livelihood security among rural women in Dharwad district of Karnataka

In rural India, the percentage of women who depend on agriculture for their livelihood is as high as 84%.Apart from participation in actual cultivation; women participate in various forms of processing and marketing of agricultural produce. Women accounted for 93% of total employment in dairy production. To begin with training programmes were started to self-help groups (SHG) on labour saving equipment, processing, value addition and storage of grains followed by model processing units establishment in rural areas. Workshops and melas were also conducted for empowerment of women in SHGs. Realizing the various benefits of forming SHG the women of Harobelavadi formed a “Sri. Veerabhadrshwara Raita Mahileyara Swa Sahaya Sangha” comprising of 10 likeminded farm women in the group which started Roti making as an income generating activity. | Sustainable food processing activities for food and livelihood security among rural women in Dharwad district of Karnataka