India is primarily an agriculture based country. 70% of its rural households still depend on agriculture for their household. Women run produce 20-30% less than the farms run by men. Women produce 60-80% of the world’s food and they own less than 1% of worlds land. Farm women contribution to agriculture helps to make countries self-reliant and solve hunger issues too world-wide. Digital technology usage in agriculture by women creates a landmark for development of women and agricultural too which helps to achieve sustainable developmental goals in long run.
Challa Lalitha Navya*
Dept. of Agricultural Extension, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana (500 030), India
Jagadeeswari Boppana
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