Eco-Technology

COVID-19 and women agricultural labourers: Field realities from Tamil Nadu

Pratheepa C..M., Rengalakshmi R..  2020.  COVID-19 and women agricultural labourers: Field realities from Tamil Nadu. TIGR2ESS: Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies: A Global Challenges Research Fund project.

Women’s role in agriculture is of the utmost importance not only for developing the rural economy but also in ensuring food security. During COVID-19 lockdown in India, women’s unpaid workload in both domestic chores and care for family has noticeably increased. Here, Dr Pratheepa and Dr Rengalakshmi from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) describe the situation faced by agricultural labour families in their study area for TIGR2ESS Flagship Project 1 and how women are tackling the lockdown period.

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