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Sustainable Technologies for Improved Income Generation: A Case Study of Women Villagers in Himachal Pradesh

Publication Type : Conference Paper

Publisher : Springer

Source : ICT with Intelligent Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 248. Springer, Singapore

Url : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-4177-0_65

Keywords : Live-in-Labs®, Moringa oleifera, Human centered design, Aqueous enzymatic extraction, Indpur, Technology, Sustainable development, Income generation

Campus : Amritapuri

School : School for Sustainable Futures

Center : Amrita Center for Wireless Networks and Applications (AmritaWNA)

Department : Sustainable Development

Year : 2021

Abstract : In India, about 65% of the population resides in rural areas and have minimal access to employment opportunities. This pose uphill barriers for effectual rural development. With 33 million Indians unemployed, coupled with about 14% of rural women unemployed (as of 2019), livelihood options for rural women are a matter of grave concern. Similar is the situation faced by women residing in Indpur, a rural village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. As part of the Live-in-Labs® program, a study was conducted following the principles of Human Centered Design (HCD), for the appraisal of challenges to livelihood opportunities, supervening the Indpur community. The HCD concept is further exploited to propose a sustainable technological proposition in the form of Aqueous Enzymatic Extraction of oil from Moringa seeds.

Cite this Research Publication : Prasad, A. et al. (2022). Sustainable Technologies for Improved Income Generation: A Case Study of Women Villagers in Himachal Pradesh. In: Senjyu, T., Mahalle, P.N., Perumal, T., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT with Intelligent Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 248. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4177-0_65

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