Suttur, December 4, 2025: ‘Women in Agriculture Day’ was celebrated on December 4, 2025, at the ICAR JSS Agricultural Science Centre, Suttur. Mrs. H. V. Divya, Subject Expert, ICAR JSS Agricultural Science Centre, Suttur, delivered the introductory address and observed that rural women are not limited to cooking alone, but actively contribute to several crucial stages of agriculture such as sowing, planting, weeding, threshing and many other important operations, thereby standing as the backbone of agriculture. She noted that, in order to duly recognise the vital role of rural women in agriculture, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, has been celebrating ‘Women in Agriculture Day’ on December 4 every year.
As part of the programme, Dr. Noor Fatima, Associate Professor, JSS Ayurveda College, advised farmers to prepare decoctions and teas from medicinal plants available in their own backyards and to use them in their daily routine to improve health. Progressive farmer Mrs. Gayatri encouraged participants to develop home gardens and grow fruits and vegetables for better nutrition and well-being. Dr. Ramegowda, Professor at Yelawala College, highlighted the ingenuity demonstrated by the women of Eerangere and remarked that the contribution of women farmers to agriculture is significant, congratulating all women farmers present.
The programme also featured a special recognition of progressive woman farmer Mrs. Gayatri Sai Upendra Babu, who is engaged in organic farming at Nagatwadi village in Nanjangud taluk and sells organic vegetables at the Bogadi farmers’ market. She has developed a terrace garden where she grows flowers and vegetables, and cultivates crops using inputs such as decomposed flowers and their extract, sour buttermilk, and decoctions made from various bitter leaves. Deeply interested in agriculture, she has participated in several agricultural trainings, including beekeeping and organic farming, and is keen to take up beekeeping in the near future. She was honoured on the occasion by the guests and fellow farmers.
More than 70 farmers, women farmers, students of JSS Ayurveda College, and Dr. Dhanush, Associate Professor, JSS Ayurveda College, Mysuru, were present at the programme.