Women & Youth Entrepreneurship

Women & Youth Entrepreneurship

Projects & Funding

OTELP

(IFAD)

OPELIP

(IFAD)

Skill Development

(Under OSDA – NUA)

Activities

Women-led SHG enterprises (mushroom, tasar, processing).

Youth-led agribusiness & fisheries ventures.

Access to micro-credit and market linkages.

Leadership and decision-making promotion.

Women and youth were central to IRDMS interventions. Women SHGs and youth entrepreneurs engaged in livestock, fisheries, and agribusiness, enhancing incomes and leadership roles. These interventions strengthened social capital, empowered vulnerable groups, and built a culture of rural entrepreneurship.

Our Impact

121%

25%

39

15 - 25 %

increase in area
under triple cropping

increase in
horticulture coverage

Farmer Producer Companies established benefitting over 16,000 farmers

increase in agriculture productivity