Agriculture
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Failed by government’s insurance schemes, Niger female-farmers go spiritual
When termites invaded her soya beans farm in Paikoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, Jummai Makama thought help would come. She had registered for insurance through the state’s Agricultural Development Project (ADP), now…
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International Day of Rural Women: The Farmers Who Feed Nigeria but Eat Last
It’s International Day of Rural Women today, 15th of October, a day to recognise the women whose labour sustains the roots of this country. Across Nigeria, rural women rise before dawn to farm, trade, and…
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The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners
One Sunday afternoon, across the fields of Anguwan Mission in Zonkwa area of Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, Martha Saleh bent low in the middle of her five-hectare plot, tugging weeds from tidy rows of corn.…
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“He who feeds you, controls you,” Dr. Ify Aniebo Warns Against GMO
Associate Professor of Genomics and Molecular Biology and health expert Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour has shared insights around genetically modified organisms (GMOs), amidst growing debates in Nigeria. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants, animals or…
