Women farmers
8 Mar
In commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD), the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly (NASS)
9 Feb
Nigeria Women for Agriculture Progress has said that most verified women farmers are yet to receive the N15 trillion intervention in the agricultural sector that was promised since 1999.
5 Jan
In a bid to align with the Federal Government’s paradigm shift from petroleum based economy to agriculture base, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), has trained 200 farmers on plantain value chain in Delta State. The training and empowerment programme organise and supervised by NIHORT in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security,…
27 Nov
Federal government in partnership with Green Agriculture West Africa Limited, (GAWAL), a subsidiary of the Chinese General Construction Company, (CGC), is training 5, 000 women in states across the federation on modern rice technology and other forms of farming.
8 Oct
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), under the leadership of the Federal Government, has conducted training and empowerment programmes for selected women-owned farmers’ cooperative societies in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the primary objective of this initiative is to enhance the productivity and export potential of these farmers…
29 Sep 2023
The Kaduna State AGRA consortium project has opened three processing centres for maize and rice in Kaduna, as part of efforts to empower women farmers in rural communities.
11 Aug 2023
The Federal Government has been urged to ensure that the next budget cycle and subsequent ones are gender sensitive and responsive.