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.
Protect farmers from Covid-19 fallout
Experts from 6 Asian countries for implementing adequate agrarian, social security reforms Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Experts and researchers from six Asian countries have called for implementing agrarian and social security reforms to protect farmers from the adverse impacts of Covid-19.
They made the call at an international webinar yesterday. The event, titled Ensuring land and food rights at a time of Covid-19 and beyond , was organised jointly by Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD) and The Daily Star.
In his keynote presentation, eminent researcher Antonio B Quizon touched upon issues like increased rural indebtedness forces small farmers to sell off their homes and farmlands; agrarian reforms have slowed down as government s priorities have been shifted elsewhere; agricultural workers are not being properly paid; and pastoralist communities and indigenous people