30 FCT Female Farmers Benefit From NGOs’ Capacity Building on Farming Innovation and Technology28/3/2023 With the increasing population at a geometric proportion across the country, some Nongovernmental Organisations, NGOs, Thursday, took it upon themselves to build capacity of over 30 women farmers in Jiwa community in Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on farming innovation and technology in according to best agronomic practices of global standards. WITH the increasing population at a geometric proportion across the country, some Nongovernmental Organisations, NGOs, Thursday, took it upon themselves to build capacity of over 30 women farmers in Jiwa community in Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on farming innovation and technology in according to best agronomic practices of global standards.
However, participants were charged on owning a smartphone and bank account in order to be carried along in the current drive of a cashless economy and not left behind and stranded. The Executive Director, DICE, Bosede Akinbolusere, said women farmers in Nigeria cannot be left behind because they are the engine-room of food production in Nigeria, and it has become imperative for all hands to be on deck to ensure they have access to modern agricultural production innovation, technology and advancement which is in line with the 2023 International Women’s Day’s theme, calling for inclusivity of women in the digital space. Akinbolusere said: “In Africa and most developing world women are over-represented in farming, in agriculture. If these people that are there on the farm are left behind, there will be problems of food security in the future. “That is why we decided to bring this dialogue to their doorstep to have a conversation with them, to see how we can be better farmers, and be technologically relevant in their agricultural business. However, she appealed to both public and private sectors including Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, to see how that can transform current agricultural practices to modern practices that can boost food production rapidly and make women increase their profitability through expansion of their farming business. And she added that this will empower more women along various agricultural value chains within a short time with technology. Source: Vanguard
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