Patna: Agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday urged women farmers in Bihar to move beyond cultivation and become agricultural entrepreneurs by acquiring new skills and strengthening their market linkages.“The govt is committed to providing all assistance to develop them into agricultural entrepreneurs. Facilities will be provided for skill development and they will also be informed about govt schemes in the agriculture sector. Steps will be taken to strengthen their linkages with the market,” Sinha said.He was delivering the keynote address at a function to mark Mahila Kisan Diwas and International Year of Mahila Kisan-2026 at the Bihar Agricultural Management Extension Training Institute (BAMETI) auditorium. Agriculture department secretary Narmadshwar Lal, other senior officials and women farmers from across the state attended the event.Sinha said farm mechanisation should be promoted among women farmers to reduce their labour burden, adding that the govt was working to make small agricultural equipment available to them.He said mushroom production, horticulture and agricultural processing offered significant opportunities for women to become self-employed as well as generate employment for others.
