Impact of Maa-Bamleshwari NGO on Empowering the Rural Women Beneficiaries in Terms of Income and Employment Generation through Elephant Foot Yam
Sanjana Shrivastava *
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (482002), India.
Seema Naberia
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (482002), India.
Kalpna Shrivastava
Department of Extension Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (482002), India.
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Abstract
The present communication is concerned with analysis the empowerment of women through Non Governmental Organization (Maa Bamleshwari) for generating income and employment through Elephant Foot Yam crop (Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius) in Chhattisgarh. A sample of 120 women beneficiaries from Maa Bamleshwari NGO were selected from Khairagarh block of Rajnandgaon district. Ex- post facto research design was used in the study, we employed absolute changes and mean score of Paired t-test for assessing the impact of NGO on income and employment generation among women beneficiaries. According to the findings, Maa Bamleshwari NGO has significant and positive impact on income and employment generation among rural women beneficiaries.
Keywords: Non Governmental Organization, women empowerment, income generation, elephant foot yam