Shakila Khatun is a small holder farmer in Purnea district of Bihar, India. Like many small farmers she wasn’t able to get a fair price for the maize she produced. Things are different now.
Khatun is one of 1.8 million women in #Bihar, who are part of a larger socio-economic change catalyzed by the World Bank-supported Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, popularly known as JEEViKA.
Read the story of rural Bihar’s transformation: http://wrld.bg/F9nm302EsYP
A Decade of Transformation in Bihar
A Bank-supported project has supported 1.8 million women in rural Bihar, India to organize into self-help groups and federations. Women in Bihar are running commercial organizations like producer companies contributing to increase in agricultural productivity.
http://thetimes24.com/a-decade-of-transformation-in-bihar/
