Engendering entrepreneurship in agriculture: Constraint analysis and conceptual approaches

Gender analysis in agricultural value chain provides comprehensive insights into the intervening points for developing a sustainable Gender-Sensitive approach for agri-entrepreneurship promotion and enhances our understanding about the Gender roles. The present study aims to comprehend the gender-based constraints in horticulture and dairy-based production systems along with gender-inclusive constraint analysis in agricultural value-chain development. The findings enabled in designing a Gender-Sensitive Extension Model for Entrepreneurship Development, which primarily focuses on fundamental aspects of self-actualization, breaking the glass ceiling and strengthening proficiency of farm women as the foundation for entrepreneurship promotion along with improving financial opportunities and market access through Institute-Industrial-stakeholder-linkage as a sustainable approach for sustenance of women agri-preneurship. The proposed model profoundly signifies the alignment of R & D organizations, primary stakeholders of agriculture (farm women) and Industries in order to establish a consistent linkage and a strong coherence for sustained engendering of agri-entrepreneurship.