Empowering women in modern agriculture, BANGLADESH
This project gives women the opportunity to transform their position in the agricultural sector. By becoming owners and providers of women-friendly farming equipment, they gain greater control, reduce physical strain, and save valuable time.
LOCATION
Jashore en Rajshahi, Bangladesh
TIMELINE
2024-2026
THEME
Women empowerment, entrepreneurship, social capital, agriculture.
The project
The goal is to reduce women workload and empowering women farmers economically by using women friendly agri-tools. In this regard, the project planned to provide 500 existing women led Self-Help Group (SHG) members, each group with 25 members, the unique chance to transform their position in the agricultural sector.
By making them owner of women friendly agri-tools and starting a rental business to get more ownership on labor, their business and their assets without doing hazardous physical work using indigenous tools that costs a lot of time and energy.
Harvesting with a threshing machine takes only 1 hour compared to 8 hours done by manually/hands. A motorized plough prepares the land in 4 hours instead of the normal 2 days of hard work is equal. It increases productivity and, also improves soil quality because machines work more accurately and less damaging. Therefore, at the end of project 12,500 women will be empowered economically and at the same time they are working conditions also improved, women can save time during the harvesting time and use the saved time for other productive and family purposes.
Goal
Contribute to a women-led shared economy in agri. machineries, promoting women’s socio-economic empowerment of 500 women group members directly at the areas of Rajshahi and Sirajganj in Bangladesh. In-addition, through the project 12,500 women will use female-friendly agri-tools, increase their agricultural productivity and income as well as more decision-making power.
Results
- 500 female cooperative members received agri-tools and rent them out to 12,500 other cooperative women members.
- 500 female cooperative members are capacitated on agri-tools operations.
- Develop partnerships with local agri-tools or machinery manufacturers and importers.
Target group
In this project, we work directly with 500 women’s groups, each consisting of 25 members.
Partners
This project is funded by the Postcode Lottery and implemented in collaboration with our colleagues in Bangladesh.
