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Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture, India

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<p><br />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 (<a href="http://www.icar.org.in/" alt="ICAR">ICAR</a>) 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.
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</p><p>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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<p><a href="http://www.drwa.org.in/" alt="Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture">Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture</a>
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<ul><li>[Pagelink infos="Gender_in_Agriculture_Sourcebook|Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook"]
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