First of its kind Women Farmers’ Fair held in Pratapgarh An endeavour to educate, train & support women farmers Pratapgarh, February 26, 2013: A Women Farmers’ Fair, the first its kind, was organised by Vamashakti , a union of 3,000 women famers, under the aegis of Agribusiness Systems International (ASI) and BAIF Development Research Foundation, at Raniganj village in Pratapgarh district on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Around 3,500 women farmers from Agra, Shahjahanpur, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Barabanki, Gorakhpur, Rae Bareli, Allahabad, participated in the fair which was held as an attempt to provide a learning platform to rural women , thereby, recognising and celebrating their identity as farmers which otherwise is considered to be a male forte. “The need for such a fair, which was held as a part of ASI’s Sunhara India Project, emerged from the fact that despite being involved in farm-related activities since ages, t...
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