Chhattisgarh Shakambhari Board Chairman Ram Kumar Patel on Saturday underlined the need to train women and link them with multi-activity work of Gauthans.
He was addressing a review meeting of the Horticulture Department here.
Patel said at present the multi-activity projects of beekeeping, mushroom production and small nurseries were being carried out in Gauthans.
Women self-help organizations should be trained and linked to these projects, an official communication said.
He said it would help them gain employment, become self-sufficient and earn regular additional income.
The status of fruit and sapling plantation in Gauthans, the purchase of vermicompost and the progress of the plan to substitute other crops for paddy as well as the work done in the field of fence construction was also reviewed.