Women in Agriculture
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.
Some women activities in Agriculture:
1.Post harvest activities of crops
2.weeding
3.seed drying
4.processing
5.storing
6.poultry rearing
7.cow rearing
8.goat rearing
9.pegion rearing
10.composting
11.vermi-compost
12.mini nursery
13.crops-potato,maize,mukhi kachu and vegetable
14.home stead gardening
15.medicinal plant cultivation
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
5.cattle fattening
6.bee keeping
7.food processing
8.handicrafts
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
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