Smallholder Women Farmers

Smallholder women farmers' contributions to food security in Nasarawa State is no doubt being threatened by inadequate information and access to critical farm inputs despite government efforts towards revamping the agricultural sector.
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ADAMU AMADU RUFA’I reports that women farmers in Jigawa State are facing hard times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and destruction of their farms by herdsmen thus limiting their ability to contribute to food security in the country.…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages Nigeria and the rest of the world, the effect on food security may have to be properly addressed by all the three tiers of government to reduce the hardship associated with food scarcity.
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Smallholder farmers in Nigeria, majority of who are women, produce the bulk of the food that the nation feeds on. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on their business just as its effects are felt in other sectors of the…
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By Vincent A. YUSUF MRS Jumai Yohana, 52, stood in front of the camera in the middle of her melon farm at Ikposoge village in Obi LGA of Nasarawa state as she responded to this reporter’s questions in Hausa. “My dream from…
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Farmers have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and require assistance to prevent food shortage. EMMA ELEKWA reports that the palliatives promised by the government are yet to get to many of them.  Uche Ileka, an indigene of…
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COVID-19 effects threaten food security, increase vulnerability, women farmers raise alarm. A Survey by Ibukun Emiola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mrs Motunrayo Ajagbe, 55, is a smallholder farmer in Ibadan. She has a farm at Oluyole…
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Nigerian women farmers are known for their active involvement in agriculture, which has contributed a lot to ensuring food security in the country. However, these women, particularly the smallholder farmers, are now being confronted by…
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The restriction of movements by federal and state governments in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country appears to have hampered progress in the agriculture sector, thereby constituting a veritable threat to the nation's food…
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By Alfred AJAYI The global health challenge, COVID-19, which affected every sphere of life in Nigeria and across the globe, has not spared the agricultural sector. And among the worst it are smallholder women farmers across the country.…
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