The National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA), Directorate of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare in collaboration of National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) has celebrated ‘Mahila Kisan Diwas’ or ‘International Rural Women Day’ on 15th October, 2022.
- As the year 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of Millets by United Nations (UN), the theme of this year Mahila Kisan Diwas was ‘Millets: Empowering Women and Providing Nutritional Security’.
- The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on 15 October 2008.
About National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA)
- A National Gender Resource Centre in Agriculture (NGRCA) has been setup in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, since 2005-06.
- It collects, analyze and document information (both from primary and secondary sources) on women in agriculture.
- It acts as as a comprehensive data base & a clearing house to women related policies/issues in agriculture and allied sectors.
