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The Andhra Pradesh Training of Women in Agriculture Project (ANTWA) was signed between Government of India and Government of Netherlands in August, 1993. The main function of the programme is to train the farm women in different aspects. The project was for a period of five years with a total cost of Rs.5.87 crores. The project started operating in Andhra Pradesh only in August, 1994. The Phase I of the project was being implemented in 6 districts of Andhra Pradesh namely Rangareddy, Nalgonda, Kurnool, Ananthpur, Prakasan and Vishakhapatnam.
The Phase II of the project was signed in August, 2001 for a total cost of Rs.44.03 crores covering 6 more districts of the State namely Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Cuddapah, Chittoor, Khammam and Warangal. 1777 Farm Women Groups have been constituted under the programme. While Phase II was for the duration of 6 years i.e. upto November, 2007, however, due to the Shift in Policy on bilateral funding, Dutch support has been withdrawn from ‘ANT WA’ project w.e.f. 1.4.04. Realizing the huge investments made in this project in terms of time, resources and efforts and also to sustain the benefits accrued under this project so far, DEA has taken a decision to continue selected Dutch supported projects including ANTA projects with DFID internal funding under Additional Central Assistance. The activities of the programme are accordingly being supported with Macro Management support.
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