Agriculture play a vital role in economy. In Bangladesh most of rural people belongs to agriculture .Rural women can play a vital role in agriculture .Rural economy depends on some agriculture components. In Bangladesh 50. percent are women.There are so many activities appropriate for women. For development of country women can take part in Agriculture easily.
What activities for women in Agriculture?
Here are some activities for women:
1.Post harvest activities of crops
As for example it can say, seed cleaning,drying, grading, storing, processing are done by mostly women.
2.weeding
In northern part of Bangladesh women take part in weeding activities in crop field as day labour,
3.seed drying
There many seed company in Bangladesh.Women are engaged in sorting, grading , packaging work.
4.processing
Some women manually done seed processing work.
5.storing of domestic purpose crops
6.poultry rearing
Ducks rearing in river area is income item,layering ,pigion rearing,
7.cow rearing
Milking cow rearing, fattening of cow,goat rearing are income activities for women.
8.goat rearing
In char land free land available for grazing.
9.pegion rearing
In rural area each family can rear 3-4 pairs of pegion.
10. composting
Homestead level good women activities.
11.vermi-compost
Now it is very popular low-cost item for women.it can be done commercially in rural areas.
12.mini nursery
5-10 decimal land required for mini nursery . Fruits sapling, flower cultivation may be good source of income.
13.crops-potato,maize,mukhi kachu and vegetable ,flower cultivation women can participate in post hurvest activities.
14.home stead gardening
A house of farmers may be farm for income.there are 9 to 10 niches in a house .SUNY place for bed preparation for year round vegetables cultivation,dami area for aroids, gimakalmishak,shady place for ginger, turmeric,wood tree for mas Alo, rooftop for vegetables cultivation.
15.medicinal plant cultivation
Toolsi,bashok, mehndi, some medicinal plant cultivate for income generating activities.
Women can faces labour crisis:
In future agriculture may face in labour crisis .Manual labour in agriculture increase production cost .So no alternative of mechanization in agriculture .Before that women can make up this crisis .
In rural areas some women in northern part of Bangladesh are already take part in field activity specially in crop cutting and weeding .
Income generating activity for women ;
1.vermi compost ,compost, farm yard manure ,tricho compost
2.Mini nursery
3.home stead gardening
4.cow ,poultry, goat rearing,duck rearing.
5.cattle fattening
6.bee keeping
7.food processing
8.handicrafts
9.seed business
10.marketing agri product
11.value adding in farm level product.
12.local service provider (LSP).
Some points for women empowerment in agriculture:
1.Training
2.Easy credit facility
3.value add of product
4.fare prize
5.communiction facility
6.self solvancy
7.financial empowerment.
8.free thinking of activities
9.safe communication.
10.. women space in market place
11.increase of mechanical agriculture
12.easy access to digital marketing
Women in food processing:
Some vegetables and fruits can be processed item by value add.
Women can play vital role in agribusiness:
Group marketing, collection point can help agriculture business for women
Women can make domestic use components:
Bamboo made some domestic item can made by women
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