About
Over 80% of Bangladesh's workforce is rural, yet the vast majority are extremely poor, illiterate and politically marginalized. These farmers live in harsh and degrading conditions, earning a pittance working for landlords. Their situation is worsened through an absence of political and social awareness and a lack of capacity to defend their rights. As a result of this they are often exploi
ted and oppressed. Women face an even more difficult situation due to the persistence of conservative religious structures that serve to oppress women, and School of Farmers works to increase women's awareness and rights and campaigns to eliminate the discrepancy between treatment of women and men. School of Farmers believe literacy is a catalyst for the empowerment of the rural laborers and small farmers. School of Farmers literacy programme and rights training workshops provide workers with the means to organize themselves and to improve their educational and practical skills, both of which will equip them to better demand that their rights to be respected. What should be included in our project? We are included some of things that is important to a farmer to continue his/her personal life and in an agricultural level in his/her country. The things are:
1) Basic education so that a farmer can read, write and understand any things.
2)Agricultural related information so that he/she can be up-to-date with the modern technology.
3) Spreading the local farmers invention (new agricultural technology, method or materials) among others farmers.
4) Make awareness about gender equality so that men and women both can contribute in the agricultural industry.
5) How to get credit from a bank or financial institution easily and procedure so that he/she can invest more in agricultural (As we know that lack of credit is most important problems in our country).
6) Make awareness about natural disaster so that their crops or agricultural products do not damage. And they also conscious about current weather and timeline.
7) Give some basic financial knowledge so that a farmer can make accountability in his/her agricultural business.
8) Give information about current market and planned road transportation system so that a farmer can distribute his/her product with best way and good price.
9) Give knowledge about varieties products to harvest in his/her field (we know in our country some seasons farmers are work less. So they feel disappointed with their family so multi products need to get new jobs).
10) Informed about new Innovation agricultural system and applied
