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WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE INTRODUCTION         The significances and struggles of women in the agricultural sector are not prioritised. Women have always played a vital role in agriculture, even though their contributions are often not recognized. In many cultures, women are responsible for the majority of the tasks involved in growing food and raising livestock.         Globally, women represent 43% of the agricultural labour force, yet their access to land, capital, technology, and agricultural extension services remains far below that of men. In addition, women often face greater obstacles in accessing credit, marketing their produce, and obtaining new skills and technology. INSIGHTS         • Regardless of the many challenges faced by women in agriculture, they have made significant progress in recent years. In some countries, women now own and operate a majority of the small farms and some of the large farms. In addition, more women are entering the field of agricultural extension, pro

  AGRIVOLTAICS AND INDIA   Introduction : Availability of land is becoming an issue in view of growing urbanization and construction activity. Here’s were the Agrivoltaics or Agro photovoltaics (APV) system of practice comes into action to help us to build the new clean and green phase of cultivation. Let’s see about the APV System in detailed form in the following article. What is Agrivoltaics ?    Agrivoltaics, agro photovoltaics, agrisolar, or dual-use solar is the simultaneous use of areas of land for both solar photovoltaic power generation and agriculture . In simple means, crops that are cultivated underneath the solar panels in a piece of land simultaneously.  -  The “shade tolerant” crops (requiring less light) have to be grown underneath the panels.  -  Vegetable crops are mostly preferred as it requires less light compared to the other field crops.     History :     The technique was originally conceived by Adolf Goetzberger and Armin Zastrow in 1981 , Agrivoltaics can re

  LAC CULTURE   Lac is a resinous substance secreted by a tiny insect called Laccifer lacca (“lac insect”)   Shellac is the purified lac usually prepared in the orange or yellow flakes.  Lac or shellac is used in many ways ·        Commonest use is in polishing wooden furniture. ·        The granules are dissolved in spirit and then are applied in very thin layers on the wooden surfaces ·        In sealing parcels, packets, and envelopes ·        As insulating material in electrical work ·        In making phonograph records (now replaced by synthetic material) ·        In shoe polishes ·        In toys and jewellery Utilization of lac for various purposes has been very ancient in India. A “lac palace” is described in Mahabharata, which was intended to be used for burning the Pandavas alive. Lac insec LAC INSECT: ü The lac insect lives on native trees in India, Burma (now called Myanmar) and ü Malaysia. In India it is chiefly grown on trees like “Kusum”, “ Palas”, and “Ber”. o