The Uttar Pradesh government took a unique initiative for providing employment to rural women entrepreneurs by setting up sugar cane nurseries.
Cane Commissioner Sanjay R Bhoosreddy said in Lucknow on Monday that in addition to traditional employment in cane regions, work on other employment possibilities was necessary in the interest of women workers.
“Sugarcane is cultivated on a large scale as a cash crop in the state and immense possibilities of employment exist in cane-dominated areas. Preparation of nursery through single bud and bud chip for cane sowing and income generation from distribution of seedling can be easily adopted by women entrepreneurs as it is not labour-intensive,” Bhoosreddy said in a statement issued here on Monday.
“For this, self-help groups can be trained and encouraged to prepare cane nurseries through single bud and bud chip and rural women could be engaged through Women Employment Generation Programme. This will add dimension to cane cultivation, increase productivity by adopting new sowing techniques and the introduction of new varieties of cane,” the Cane Commissioner said.