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Small-scale farmers raise alarm over poor access to fertiliser

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Insecurity Impeding Our Food Security Efforts – Women Farmers

Insecurity Impeding Our Food Security Efforts – Women Farmers Insecurity Impeding Our Food Security Efforts – Women Farmers Small Scale Women Farmers Association of Nigeria (SWOFON) says increased spate of insecurity is impeding the attainment of food security in the country. The association is therefore calling on the authorities to beef up farmland security. SWOFON National President, Mary Ishaya, was speaking at the review of the national agriculture budget organised by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), in Abuja. According to her, the attainment of countrywide food security would be unattainable if the security situation is not addressed, noting that the attacks were not just on female farmers alone, she added that the situation has forced a lot of them out of their farms.

Women farmers seek security from FG

Small Scale Women Farmers Association of Nigeria, (SWOFON) has asked the Federal Government to provide security to its members, who are unable to return to their farms as a result of increasing insecurity. National President of the association, Mary Ishaya, made this known at the review of the national agriculture budget organised by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), yesterday, in Abuja. According to her, it will be impossible for Nigeria to attain food security, if it does not protect farmers who are being kidnapped, raped and killed in their farms by bandits, criminal herders or terrorists. x “The challenge of insecurity does not affect our women farmers alone, but all farmers. Around October and November last year, we saw how some of our rice farmers were massacred in their farms when they went to harvest their rice. Because of that, a lot of people abandoned their farms.

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