• Research on gender issues in agriculture and allied fields
• Co-ordinate research on Women in Agriculture
•  Improvement of Quality life of farm women

Key Research Themes / Focus Areas

• Development of database on women in agriculture , Livelihood security of farm women, Women entrepreneurship, Technology interventions and its implications on drudgery reduction of farm women, Ergonomic evaluation of agricultural tools, Development of need based gender friendly technologies and its impact evaluation, Nutri-sensitive agriculture and Nutritional security & women empowerment

National – ICAR- CIWA

1.Development of Repository of database to Analyze the Dynamics and Role  of Women in Agriculture and Allied sectors in selected Agro- Ecological Regions

2.Assessment of livelihood status of farm women and appropriate interventions for enhancement of livelihood in different Agro-ecological regions

3.Promotion of gender equity through technological interventions and entrepreneurial development

4.Identification of gender gaps by assessing vulnerability indices and approaches to minimize occupational drudgery through multi-sectoral technology interventions

5.Identification, assessment, refinement/development and popularization of different gender friendly technologies for skill enhancement of farm women in different Agro-ecological regions

6.Nutri sensitive Agriculture – Strengthening PoshanAbhiyan – Nutri Smart Villages 

7.Shree Anna (Millet) Gram- A New Vista for Nutritional Security and Women Empowerment

Funding agency: ICAR-CIWA

Duration: 2021-2026

Infrastructure Facilities Available

Foods& Nutrition-chemical Lab; Family Resource Management Lab; Clothing & Textile Lab; Nutribakers Hub

Technologies developed:Head load manager, Sapling Transplanter, Long handle weeder, Finger guards, Seed placement tube, Modified Commonly consumed Recipes as  Low GI and its effect on Pre-diabetes, RTU multigrain High fibre mix, RTU multigrain Nutridense mix, Pasta with low GI ingredients, Vermicelli with low GI ingredients, Noodles with low GI ingredients, Extruded snacks with low GI ingredients, Protective clothing 

Patent awarded for ‘Device to manage Head Load’

Patent filed for : Ready to eat Nutridense composition; Ready to use multigrain high fibre Composition

Broad key areas on Capacity building programme, Awareness programmes&Technology awareness on:Drudgery reducing tools

Significance of balanced diet for farm women, Importance of micro enterprises, Importance of identification of local resources and value addition for entrepreneurship development, Usage of drudgery reducing technologies, Mushroom Cultivation, Vermicomposting 

Financial Literacy, Importance of leafy vegetables importance of roots and tubers, Kitchen Garden, iron rich foods – nutritional importance of millets Jowar and its value addition and Diagnostic visit, Developed knowledge materials on millet recipes, nutritive values, leafy vegetables, locally available fruit