The Women Farmers Advancement Network, WOFAN-ICON2 Project, which aims at empowering women farmers in Nigeria with modern agricultural technology and techniques is yielding result in Adamawa state.
The project is reaching out to four thousand five hundred farmers in Adamawa State, providing them with latest agricultural knowledge and methods for crop production and processing that will informed their decisions on up-to-date advancements in agricultural technology.
Some of the women farmers’ who spoke to Voice of Nigeria in Adamawa State are optimistic that they are archiving food security and enhancing sustainable development in the country through the project.
WOFAN-ICON2 Project is a 5-year intervention programme, funded by the Mastercard Foundation to enhance the quality of life and economic empowerment of 675,000 young small-scale farmers and their families across nine states in Nigeria.
The States are Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, and the Federal Capital Territory, A
buja.
Since last year has been supporting the farmers to adopt best practices for improved outputs so as to attain Nigeria’s food security targets.
At the lunching of one of the project Processing Centers in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, the project Manager of Farm Innovative in Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Wilson said the farmers through their cooperative groups, received training on production, processing, and enterprise development.
The Project Manager of Farm Innovative in Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Wilson n Adamawa State, among the four thousand five hundred young farmers, WOFAN-ICON2 Project is reaching out to, eighty percent are women, while twenty percent are youth.
Farm Innovative, Nigeria, is partnering with WOFAN-ICON2 Project to achieve its mandate.
The Project is part of Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy which aims to enable 30 million young people in Africa, especially young women, to secure employment they see as dignified and fulfilling by 2030.
Source: Voice of Nigeri
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