SWOFON
16 Dec 2023
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) and other stakeholders in agriculture sector have faulted the 2024 proposed agriculture budget of N362.9 billion.
15 Nov 2023
Recent findings by ActionAid Nigeria has revealed that each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory loses an estimated N94.5 billion yearly to post-harvest losses.
1 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has urged the Small-Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) to re-strategize their focus by prioritising national interest and agriculture value chains to strengthen food security and economic development of the country.
22 Aug 2023
The National President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON), Mary Afan, has expressed the need to address the impact of fuel subsidy removal and the urgent need for palliative measures to support smallholder women farmers in the country. SWOFON, a coalition of women farmers across Nigeria working to promote women-friendly agricultural policies, said…
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