Pathways to Secure and Resilient Livelihoods
Pathways to Secure and Resilient Livelihoods
Authors : Emily Janoch and Kakuly Tanvin
Pathways to Secure and Resilient Livelihoods project is working with small
holder farmers, especially women, from poor households to reduce their
vulnerability and susceptibility to natural disasters and increase their
resilience in the face of climate change. 32% of the population in this zone
lives below the poverty line. 94% of the population engages in agriculture,
and face grave challenges regarding productivity and sustainability in
their activities. Recurrent flood, water logging, heavy rainfall, draught and
salinity are key climate issues that affect their life and livelihoods every year.
Additionally, farmers struggle to access the information and inputs they need
to resolve these problems, as 25% have no access to agricultural inputs, and
only 46% can access extension information.
Women face even greater barriers. 76% of them have never met with an
extension worker, and the lack of mobility makes it hard for them to access
inputs, information, or market opportunities. Very few women are involved in
decision-making at the household level, and men make between 60 and 88%
of household decisions alone. The gender wage gap adds more suffering to
women wage earners in agriculture in managing food and other basic needs
of the family. In general, women make BDT 85 per day while men make BDT
150, just over half of a man’s wage.
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