Combating the Constraints in Evolving Women Entrepreneurs in Value Addition and Mushroom Production Through Training

Women’s contribution to national development is crucial. They play a very important role in the development of entrepreneurship. A study was undertaken to identify the constraints and training needs of farm women in selected enterprises in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu. Even though Farm women are exposed to the enterprises already, they face some problems to start or to run the enterprises smoothly. Marketing, lack of financial assistance, high cost of raw materials, inadequate supply of inputs were considered as most important factors regarding the entrepreneurial development. And moreover they expressed their preference to be trained in major areas such as in Selection of fruits and vegetables, preparation, bottling, marketing and storage in value addition of fruits and vegetables. And also preventing contamination in mushroom beds and bottles, preparation of mushroom bed for mushroom production.