Funding and Advisory Services for Women Innovators

Abstract

Women in rural areas often do not have access to information about funding and capacity building programmes, or do not get proper support to apply for such programmes. Hence, it would be important to have a national platform where all the information about funding can be easily accessible; furthermore, to support women innovators starting from scratch microcredit, small grants and accessible bank credit will be useful. In addition, public desks in rural areas offering women-centred services are a valuable tool to help women develop business plans for innovative and sustainable agricultural and rural projects, access and apply for funding and capacity-building programmes. Furthermore, interventions targeting only women should be foreseen in the LAGs’ action plans. In the next CAP National Plan specific interventions targeting only women should be activated.