VigyanPrasar connected with a significantnumber of women farmers to understand their specific information and capacity building needs to overcomedrudgery related challenges in farming. This reality check enhanced the topical and temporal worth of thepublication. Insights and messages are therefore in response to specifically felt needs and complement thevision and mission articulated in the Draft of the National Policy for Women (2016) of the Ministry of Womenand Child Development, ICAR in particular.The topic of drudgery reduction covers such areas as productivity, adaptation and preventive managementstrategies. We willlook for emerging knowledge and learnings in using the present communication resources
A set of 18 posters on various women friendly improved tools and equipment’s have been brought out for women farmer to reduce drudgery in English and Hindi