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ATM News Network: Globally, the contribution of women in agriculture is neglected. President Draupadi Murmu opined that agriculture cannot be boosted by commercial thinking alone. She was speaking at a recent international conference.
The conference was organized by the Gender Impact Platform of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Advisory Group on International Agricultural Research. In this conference 'From Research to Results: Towards a Fair and Resilient Agri-Food System'. He expressed his views on this issue.
President Murmu said that a society that ignores the prosperity of women, if it is deprived of justice, it will cease to exist. “Any system of thought, any institution or any system is inefficient if it is unjust. But when it comes to gender justice, agriculture, considered the oldest science, is lacking even in modern times.
Women cultivate these fields as unpaid labour. They are cultivators but not land owners. They form the bulk of the bottommost pyramid of the agricultural structure, but are denied the opportunity to assume a decision-making role. Women plant, grow, harvest, process and sell food. But still around the world, they are held back by discriminatory social norms and barriers to knowledge, ownership, assets, resources and social networks.
Their contribution is not recognized, their role is marginalized and their role in the entire chain of agri-food system is denied. She said that this thing needs to be changed
