Women have been making prominent and important contributions to agriculture right from creation and they<br />constitute the bulk of the world’s food producers. It is known that women are responsible for generating food<br />security for their families in developing countries. Women are key agents for achieving economic, nutritional and<br />social changes required for sustainable development. Although rural women are actively involved in the process of<br />food production, processing and marketing but the social and economic constraints have placed barriers around<br />their access to scientific and technological information. Generally, girls are seen as relatively “transitory assets’’<br />– not worthy of long-term investment – as they leave their parents’ household upon marriage. The limited role of<br />women in decision making, education, training and poor nutritional status becomes a challenge in economic<br />growth. The present investigation was conducted in Jalandhar District during ex-trainee sammellen in 2013 to find<br />out learning interests and limitations of farm women for the economic empowerment. The study was aimed at<br />determining women farmer’s agricultural information needs and accessibility. The findings of the study showed that<br />the main limitation for taking trainings was mismanagement of time, unorganized farm activities, unevenly distributed<br />household chores etc. Other major reasons were family restrictions, lack of transport facility etc.

Keyword: Agriculture right; Women in decision making; Economic empowerment; Rural women;