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Ukachi Ogujuba is a volunteer for an agric tech firm and a smallholder farmer in Imo State.

Hope Isaac also speaks about farming and schooling.

Eheduru-Onyejekwe, the co-owner of Mozani farms, also speaks about the challenge posed by herders.

Ogochukwu Maduako, owner of I farm, You Eat, shares his experience how she quit an oil service job to build...

In this 18th episode of our Women in Agriculture series, Ebimoboere Eniyekpemi shares interesting experience.

Modupe Oyetosho started with five acres but has now grown to 5000 acres.

Nike Kikiowo started a poultry farm in 2017 in Osun State with 100 birds, but has now grown significantly.

As a graduate of Crop Science, Chinonye Ezem has been farming for three years now.

Meru Musa, 35, and mother-of-six, cultivates rice in the Federal Capital Territory.

Mrs Asonye started with about 2000 fishes and N800,000 capital, and now has 120,000 fingerlings of fishes.

Asma Mirza processes ginger, honey, okro and more.

Janet Olaleye says she needs more government support, especially in terms of financing.

Susan Godwin's farm was burnt down during a communal crisis and says restoring the farm has been an uphill task...

Sabuwa Muhammad says she has not been using fertiliser because it is costly and difficult to get in Jigawa.

Mrs Bello wants the government to support women farmers with extension services for trainings and information on how to improve...

Safia Yahaya says the major challenge women farmers face is insecurity.

Mercy Nnanna says rural women farmers should be given loans at single digit interest

Mrs Isarah says big farmers hide information on market, fertiliser and quality seeds from smallholder farmers

Binta Mukhtar, who can only crop part of her 73 hectares farm, says "farming is a very expensive venture"

Janet Jiya says her land is good but lack of capital is keeping her from expanding her farm.

Women in the agricultural sector contribute 75 -80 per cent of the production in Nigeria.

Women in the agricultural sector contribute 75 -80 per cent of the production in Nigeria.

"In reality, we perform more than (male farmers) from production to processing"

The speaker said increase in budgetary allocation to agriculture in the sub-region will help boost food security thus reducing food...