Women who once shared the lower rungs of agricultural action are increasingly engaging themselves in activities such as driving tractors or operating soil tillers and combined harvesters which were once considered tough and reserved for men.
More than 60 women under the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana (MKSP) Ernakulam East Federation are getting trained in an array of agricultural activities from using tractors to producing organic fertilizers and running plant nurseries.
Sheeba Eldhos from Koovappady, who has been training women to operate agricultural machinery and equipment for more than a decade, says the MKSP federation helps train women in use of tractors, planters and harvesters. The federation’s activities are spread over nine blocks in Ernakulam district — Angamaly, Koovappady, Kothamangalam, Vazhakulam, Muvattupuzha, Parakkadavu, Pampakuda, Alangad, and Vadavucode-Puthenkurishu.
