This study examines women's empowerment and its determinants for smallholder rice
farming households in Kilombero, Tanzania. The Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index …

Aims: The main objective of this paper is to examine the opinion of the direct stakeholders
(viz. Promoters, Donors, Financial Institutions and the Group members) whether the aspects …

Abstract Self Help Groups (SHGs) emerge as an important strategy for empowering women
and to alleviate poverty. India's SHG movement has emerged as the world's largest and …

This article critically examines whether socio-cultural factors like education, family type and
earning opportunity influence women's decision-making capacity, and thereby, their …

Economic and social marginalisation of poor by formal credit agencies including
cooperatives led to the emergence of Self Help Groups (SHGs). SHGs emerge as an …

Abstract The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index revealed weak leadership and
influence of women in the community as indicators of women's political disempowerment …

This study examines women empowerment, technical efficiency and market participation by
smallholder rice farmers in Kilombero using the Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index …

Agriculture which comes under the purview of the informal sector in which, Indian rural
women strive to be represented as the face of Agriculture. Rural Woman is the backbone of …

A study was conducted in Tamil Nadu to assess the impact of self-help groups and
cooperatives on poorer sections of the rural populations through analyzing cost of credit and …

Self help group (SHG) is the tool to alleviate poverty in a fast developing nation like India.
Different initiatives of SHG like small scale business ventures, microfinance initiatives is …