Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture, India
The Working Group on Agricultural Research and Education constituted by the Planning Commission for the formulation of the Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97) recommended the establishment of a National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture (NRCWA). Accordingly, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) established the NRCWA in 1996 at Bhubaneswar which was upgraded as the Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture (DRWA) in the year 2008. A sub-centre of DRWA is located in Bhopal.
DRWA carries out basic, strategic and applied research on various gender related issues in agriculture and allied sectors with thematic approach in creating a repository of gender disaggregated data and documentation; technology testing and refinement; drudgery assessment and reduction; gender sensitive extension approach; capacity building of scientists and functionaries; efficient resource management; and gender mainstreaming.
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Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture
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