When Nigeria’s Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister Audu Ogbeh launched the National Gender Action Plan (NGAP) on Agriculture in October, the idea was to upgrade women from the realm of subsistence farming to medium scale and commercial farming.

The figures provided by the minister at the launch showed that Nigeria has 95% subsistence farmers, 50% of whom are women. Beyond this, women farmers in Nigeria have to contend with unequal access to land, insecurity, cultural practices and pseudo-religion dogmas.

“Despite the huge labour investment of women, productivity is low and they often have limited roles in decision making on the farms. Lack of ownership of land and other productive assets due to existing social norms has created a significant negative impact on the family income and the nation’s GDP at large,’’ said Nigeria Country Director, African Development Bank, Mr Ousmane Dore.

Agriculture is the cornerstone of the Nigerian economy, regarded as the largest sector which employs two-thirds of the nation’s human capital thereby providing the major source of livelihood for most citizens.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sunny Echono, said women are the focal point of agricultural production, processing, marketing and utilisation in the country.

“Women supply 70 percent of agricultural labour; 50 percent of animal husbandry related activities and 60 percent of food processing, yet they have access to only 20 percent of available agricultural resources.”

rxmusa:
That's why we need to vote APC again so as to give more women chance because it's the party with more women

rxmusa:
That's why we need to vote APC again so as to give more women chance because it's the party with more women

toplinetrtrend:
All these rubbish things about women leadership or farm ownership won't bring solution to anything. There had been corrupt women in Nigerian politics. There are many women too lazy to farm.

jomoh:
Is anyone stopping women from owning a farm or a land. I’ve never heard of a place in nigeria where a woman has been denied land ownership, purchase or rent just because she’s a woman. Not especially when it comes to farming.


If women can dominate a garage of MARWA drivers (in gate-challenge route) in Ibadan, then who’s stopping them from owning a land to farm.


All these women rights activists should please go and find something better to do with their time and stop stiring up unnecessary sentiments.

lielbree:

Shut up. For every one corrupt woman politician there are a thousand corrupt men holding office presently.

Women are better managers.

Of the 95% subsitent farmers, 50% are women! More than the lazy men.

You are even to lazy to read the article!

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