Overall benefits of farmers in Bangladesh are not seen as much as the development of the agriculture sector. Ensuring the survival of small and marginal farmers has become a challenge. Despite bumper yield, the price of paddy increases every year, and farmers do not get their fair share of the profit.
বাংলাদেশে কৃষিখাতে যতখানি উন্নতি হয়েছে, ততখানি কৃষকের উন্নতি হয়নি। অন্যদিকে উৎপাদনের প্রাক্কলনেও সমস্যা রয়েছে। ক্ষুদ্র ও প্রান্তিক কৃষককে রক্ষ্যা করাই এই খাতে মূল চ্যালেঞ্জ। আগামী বোরো ধান চাষের পরবর্তী সময়ে খাদ্য পরিস্থিতিকে নজরদারির মধ্যে রাখতে হবে। বর্তমানে চালের বাড়তি দাম যেন উৎপাদকের কাছে পৌঁছাতে পারে, তা নিশ্চিত করতে হবে। অন্যদিকে, চালের দাম যেন নিম্ন আয়ের পরিবারগুলোর ওপর চাপ সৃষ্টি না করে তা খেয়াল রাখতে হবে।
Marginalised and vulnerable populations (e.g. low-income groups living in urban areas, informal sector workers, women, indigenous and Dalit communities, transgender communities, and people with disability) have been disproportionately facing challenges of the COVID-19 induced pandemic.
চলমান কোভিড-১৯ অতিমারির ফলে দেশের ১.৩ কোটি নাগরিক চাকরি হারানোর ঝুঁকিতে রয়েছেন। বিশেষ করে, অস্থায়ী কিংবা খণ্ডকালীন কর্মসংস্থানের সাথে নিয়োজিত নাগরিকেরা এই ঝুঁকিতে পড়েছেন।
The government has various schemes and projects to create skill development and employment opportunities for the youth cohort of the country. But the public services, aimed for creating employment opportunities for the youth, are not being effective enough to meet the country’s long term employment target – 30 million jobs by 2030, due to the lack of coordination among various government agencies.
Graduates from the Bangladeshi Madrasah education system fail to get into decent jobs. Commonly, these students get into professions that provide low income. The income of Madrasah educated family heads are similar to that of the national level. This other way indicates their low income compared to other educated family heads.
Three issues need to put emphasis in order to ensure effective public service delivery for the youth living in slums. These are – access to public services availability of information on those services and effective coordination between Gos and NGOs for facilitating those services to the urban slum youth.
Youth of the marginalised groups, such as plain-land Adivasi and Dalit community, are deprived of getting access to public services required for education and skill development. It will require special attention from policymakers and public service providers to enhance their facilities and to improve their condition with a view to prepare them for employment.
Bangladesh is aspired to be a higher middle-income country and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Labour-productivity of Bangladesh would be far-behind than the higher middle-income countries in 2030, even lower than that of the lower-middle income countries as well as those of India and Vietnam.
