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Agriculture: Oldest Occupation in Sri Lanka Many Women in the Agricultural Sector.

E mpowerment of Women through Agriculture and other training: Experience of a Non Governmental Organization. Agriculture: Oldest Occupation in Sri Lanka Many Women in the Agricultural Sector. Mainstream Women as human resource for National Development.

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Agriculture: Oldest Occupation in Sri Lanka Many Women in the Agricultural Sector.

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  1. Empowerment of Womenthrough Agriculture and other training: Experience of a Non Governmental Organization

  2. Agriculture: Oldest Occupation in Sri Lanka • Many Women in the Agricultural Sector. • Mainstream Women as human resource for National Development. • Poor rural Women still lack basic facilities in this sector.

  3. District Population Annual Growth Rate Land Area (sq.kilometre) Kurunegala 1452369 0.9 4624 Puttalam 705342 1.8 2882 Galle 990539 1.0 1617 Matara 761236 0.8 1270 Hambantota 525370 1.1 2496 Ampara 589344 2.0 4222 Moneragala 396173 1.8 5508 Sri Lanka – Statistics

  4. Establishment of Agromart Foundation • Vision – To empower rural communities with a gender sensitive approach to reduce poverty.

  5. DISTRICTS OF SRI LANKA AGROMART’S AREAS OF OPERATION The Foundation operates in seven administrative districts i.e. Kurunegala, Puttalam, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Ampara, and Moneragala.

  6. Goal of Agromart Outreach Foundation • Entrepreneur Development training programme • Economic Literacy Training Programme • Training for Everyone – The Rural Polytechnic • Rural Women’s Coalition for Gender Equity and Political representation

  7. Agromart’s Marketing Strategies • Annual Trade Fair • Annual Farmer Competition

  8. Agromart’s Micro Credit Intervention • Anti – Poverty Lending Programme • Rewards Enhanced Loan Scheme • Randora Society Solidarity Group Loan Scheme

  9. Impact of Training • Promotion of women Entrepreneurs • Individual & Community Development Leadership Promotion • Empowerment process – social and economic stability and community cohesion through formation of Agromart Production Societies • Development of citizens responsibility and political rights

  10. W.K.A.S.V. Chandralatha • Winner of several agricultural competitions and a successful vegetable grower and poultry farmer. • Rare example of a poor rural woman who has transformed from, ‘Poverty to Prosperity’

  11. Sriyani Gunawardena • A successful prawn farmer and a vegetable grower

  12. H.H. Leelawathi • Female head of her household • Cultivates vegetables and Banana in her ‘Chena’ field

  13. M.M. Dayaseeli • Vegetable cultivator in her ancestral property • Winner of the ‘Farmer Competition’ held by Agromart

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