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A Global Conference on Women in Agriculture has called for ergonomically designed agricultural implements to reduce drudgery of farm women. The three-day conference which began here yesterday is being jointly organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (AAPARI). About 450 participants including researchers, academicians, research and development managers, experts and women innovators from more than 50 foreign countries are attending the conference. Addressing the conference Smt. Margaret Alva, Governor of Uttarakhand suggested for specially focused capacity building programmes for women in agriculture to refine skills with appropriate technologies. She said, women should be empowered with farm knowledge through distance education, community radio and other effective means. She suggested that laws banning women from performing operations like stone breaking, pulling carts,
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Women Conference Calls for Ergonomically Designed Implements to Reduce
Drudgery of Farm Women
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