In recent years, food security in Nigeria has been threatened by incessant farmers-herders conflict, fueled by climate change. A key feature of this conflict is the targeted attack on farmers and their farmlands. According to the African Development Bank, Nigeria women contribute 70 percent of the total agricultural workforce in Nigeria. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) puts the percentage of women smallholder farmers at 37 percent.
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Gunmen abducted four workers while no fewer than 10 others escaped at a farm settlement in the Okaka area in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State
The permanent secretary thanked all the partners for supporting nutrition activities to reduce the burden of malnutrition.The Kaduna State government and its nutrition partners on Wednesday developed strategies to strengthen result-based nutrition intervention to address the scourge of malnutrition in the state.Permanent secretary, Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), Bashir Muhammad, said in Kaduna at the