Women in Agriculture

Lesson 47 :Programmes for empowerment of women – Myrada & Wytep

Women Youth Training and Extension Project (WYTEP)

Women Youth Training and Extension Project, Karnataka (WYTEP) was signed between Govt. of India and Royal Danish Government in September, 1982 for a period of 5 years. The Phase I of the project covered the districts where the Training Centres of the Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka existed. Thus 8 Farmers Training Centres and 2 Rural Development Training Centres at Kumta were established which were chosen to organize the programme.

The implementation of second Phase commenced in July 1989 with a financial outlay of Rs. 18.89 crores. Apart from consolidating the achievements gained in first phase, the geographical coverage of the project was extended to all the districts of the State except Bidar district. The second phase was extended to run upto May, 2000.

The project in its third phase which ran from June, 2002 to 1.5.2005 covered all the districts with a total cost of Rs.44.93 crores. Over 7000 Farm Women Groups have been constituted under the project and over 2.10 lakh women have been trained.