All Overview of Agro Business in Uttar Pradesh: With reference to Women Entrepreneurs

Abstract

Women are to be considered as equal partners in the process of development. However, because of centuries of exploitation and subjugation, Indian women have remained at the receiving end. Women in India have been the neglected lot. They have not been actively involved in the mainstream of development even though they represent equal proportion of the population and labour force. Primarily women are the means of survival of their families, but are generally unrecognised and undervalued, being placed at the bottom of the pile. Women contribute significantly to the running of family businesses mostly in the form of unpaid effort and skills. The value of this effort is underestimated both by the families that take it for granted and in academic studies. Agriculture can be an important engine of growth and poverty reduction. However, the sector is underperforming in many countries in part because women, who are often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. Women comprise about 43% of the agricultural labour force globally and in developing countries. On the other hand, many of the enterprises defined as being run by women (i.e., enterprises in which women hold the controlling share) are in fact run in their names by men who control operations and decision making. Programs meant to reach women entrepreneurs can succeed only if they take note of this paradox as well as of the familial and social conditioning that reduces the confidence, independence and mobility of women.