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Benefits and Risks of the Programme |
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| Benefits |
| Economical |
| About 40,000 farm women will be benefited by increased per capita net income of Rs. 7.00 annually: This is a raise from the existing level of Rs. 608/- per year |
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Materialisation of social uplift of about 40,000 farm women, whose principal source of livelihood lies in this activity, is expected. Poverty and unemployment problems are expected to solve to a very great extent. Successful implementation of the project will attract more and more farm women to get engaged in remunerative self employment activities like this.
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· Group activities in all levels would refine the characters and behaviours of rural women, under good leadership.
· Exposure of rural farm women into marketing will given chances for their bargaining power.
· Direct employment potential in all societies will help to check rural poverty.
· Besides social and economical dimensions, commercialisation of agriculture will get anchored in this sector.
· Economic utilization of waste land is enlightened by Pandanus cultivation in low lying water logged places.
· Value addition to farm products is another benefit.
· Raise in farm income, otherwise not possible, will be an added benefit to the small holders.
· Research and development will help to develop the activity over a period of time.
· By exploiting export potential, with modified forms or products this Agribusiness will attract foreign currency. .
· The producer-consumer gap will get minimized.
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| Risks |
| Practically no risks are there in the programme. An element of risk, which may appear in collective actions, can be avoided by knowledge intensive training in management. |
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