The data were obtained from a study conducted through the Value Addition Biennial Review Toolkit (VABKIT) that reflected the realities of smallholder women farmers across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, Ene Obi, made the disclosure, yesterday, at the ongoing National Dialogue & Dissemination on Nigeria’s performance at the third biennial review exercise on implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development (CAADP), in Abuja.
She said: “On agricultural credit, they have access to less than 23 per cent of existing credit facilities, and only 4.77 per cent access to agricultural insurance. On access to and control over land, about 59 per cent of them have access to land, 29.77 per cent have control, while only 11.23 per cent are engaged in land governance discussions.”
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“While the government is making effort to improve the space for more public-private partnership arrangements in Nigeria’s agriculture sector, smallholder women farmers’ access to such schemes across the country remains below 27 per cent.”
THIS comes as the current administration said was determined to achieve the national goal, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and continental initiatives through robust implementation of the re-focused National Development Plan (NDP 2021-2025) and the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP 2022-2027) to ensure food security, economic diversification and wealth creation.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, spoke, yesterday, at the national dialogue on the performance of Nigeria at the event.
He said in the ministry, that evidence-based data for effective policy formulation and tracking of performance were being strengthened in tune with the National Agricultural Data Management Information System (NADMIS).
