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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 prop...

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. Key...

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 (AL...