MKSP Scheme: An Effective Approach for Uplifting 'Kudumbashree' Farm Women in Kerala

Autor:	V. K. Rashida, M. J. Mercykutty
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	LC8-6691 Poverty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Capacity building Beneficiary Socioeconomic development Special aspects of education Institutional support Agriculture Socioeconomics Empowerment business Farm women Poverty eradication women empowerment Kerala media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Extension Education, Vol 32, Iss 3 (2021)
ISSN:	2456-1282 0971-3123
DOI:	10.26725/jee.2020.3.32.6566-6571
Popis:	A study was conducted to assess the perceived effectiveness of Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP), a women empowerment scheme, in Thrissur district of Kerala. The beneficiary farm women of the scheme were cultivating vegetables and banana mostly on leased land under the supervision of Kerala State Poverty Eradication Mission (Kudumbasree mission). Dimensions of effectiveness were categorized in terms of socio economic development, agricultural input supply, institutional support, knowledge and capacity building and empowerment perspective. The respondents included farm women, mission coordinators and facilitators. Majority of banana farmers mission coordinators and facilitators perceived the effectiveness as good while majority of vegetable farmers, rated it as excellent. Empowerment perspective and socio economic development were the most effective outcomes of the scheme.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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