Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 4

Impact analysis of entrepreneurial training to farmwomen at Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan

  • Author:
  • Chamandeep Kaur1,*, S.K. Singh2, B.L. Dhaka3
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Published Online: Jan 14, 2025
  • Page Number: 953 to 959

1SMS (Home Science), KVK, Sawai Madhopur, AU, Kota, Rajasthan

2Director, ATARI, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

3Senior Scientist & Head, KVK, Sawai Madhopur, AU, Kota, Rajasthan

*Corresponding author email id: barbeedoll2009@gmail.com

Online published on 14 January, 2025.

Abstract

In India, nearly 65 per cent of the total population live in rural areas where agriculture and allied activities are the main stay of their lives. The economic development of our country largely depends on the development of rural areas and the standard of living of its rural mass. Rural entrepreneur is one of the most important inputs in the economic development. Rural entrepreneur uses the scarce resources in the most efficient manner thereby increasing profits and decreasing costs. Due to lack of education, majority of rural people are unaware of technological development, marketing etc. Shortage of finance and raw materials are main problems face by rural entrepreneurs. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sawai Madhopur plays a vital n economically development of farm women through locally, naturally available resources; by investing very low cost of credit. There were many SHGs developed by Krishi Vigyan Kendra Sawai Madhopur to make entrepreneur in rural community and make them economically save. This paper focuses on entrepreneur trainings, motivates women for economic self establishment, packing of material and provide a successful venture. The result suggests that entrepreneur has proved a Feasibility, Accessibility and Replicability to livelihood strategy for resource Farming Community in terms of 12 months way of income generation. This was conducted as impact assessment of entrepreneur training provided by KVK to Farm women for their economic growth. Trainings were provided 2018–2021 at KVK premises.

Keywords

Accessibility, Economic growth, Economic viability, Entrepreneurial, Replicability, Training