Khandwa Women Empower Farmers: Teach Medicinal Farming, Guarantee Buyback!

• Women's self-help groups in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, are encouraging farmers to cultivate medicinal crops.
• They will train farmers in cultivation techniques and guarantee to purchase the harvested produce, ensuring income and relieving market worries.
• Namami Farmer Producer Company in Jalkuan village, Pandhana, led by women, is driving this initiative, producing crops like beetroot, moringa, turmeric, and blue tea.
• Company director Sunita Pawar states farmers will receive guidance from sowing to production, with the company handling market sales.
• A new "Farmer Producer to Farmer Producer" innovation aims to expand medicinal crop production statewide, including a tie-up with Harda district.