Women’s contribution to agriculture and access to land: Covid-19 and beyond
The Daily Star and Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD) jointly organised an online discussion titled “Women’s contribution to agriculture and access to land: Covid-19 and beyond” on December 27, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion. Speakers’ serial has been maintained as per the flow of the discussion.
Khushi Kabir, Chairperson,
ALRD and Coordinator, Nijera Kori
The issue of women s contribution to agriculture as well as access to land is a crucial issue but it is not given proper recognition. Women play a huge role in agriculture, be it the cultivation of land or processing of the produce or even in households.
Women farmers deserve proper recognition
Speakers tell DS webinar Staff correspondent Staff correspondent
Speakers at a webinar yesterday said ownership of land is the key stumbling block for women s empowerment in agriculture. In Bangladesh, only 15.8 percent of rural land is owned by women, and only one-fourth of that land is effectively owned by them.
The webinar titled Women s contribution in agriculture and access to land: Covid-19 and beyond , was jointly organised by Association for Land Reforms and Development (ALRD) and The Daily Star.
Keynote speaker Dr Sanjida Aktar, chairperson, Gender Studies Department, University of Dhaka presented the findings of her recent research and said women farmers labelled as an assistant or day labourer , while for similar agricultural activities men are referred to as farmers .