A call has gone to Delta State Government as a matter of urgent policy to make land available for Smallholder Women Farmers and young people to encourage them to go into agriculture. The group known as Environmental and Rural Mediation Centre (ENVIRUMEDIC) said this was necessary to guarantee food security through agroecology practice. The group’s…
….. STARTING WITH 100 BENEFICIARIES IN IMO STATE The First Lady of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and his wife, Chioma, have canvassed for improved national food security through strategic and coordinated empowerment of women who are involved in agribusiness. They did in their different remarks during the maiden…
Good times are here for women farmers in Nigeria. The tenth Senate is said to be committed to addressing challenges faced by the farmers so as to improve their participation in agriculture. The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, made this known recently. It was at this years Gender Policy in Agriculture organised by the…
The women wing of All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria, AFAN has a bright idea on how the government can successfully win the war against food insecurity and sustain the success. The group believes that they should be made an element in a partnership that would involve the government and officials charged with implementing policy decisions….
