Petty traders of agricultural produce are mainly women. As payment system is going digital, they require support to be able to effectively attend to their numerous customers. Use of POS is difficult because these women cannot easily assess POS machine from the banks, in the situation w
7 Steps to promoting gender equity in Nigeria
Why Gender Equity? To boost Nigeria’s economic, there is need to improve individual households income by bridging the gap created by inequality and inequity in...
Ending FGM in Nigeria – the way forward
Female Genital Mutilation includes all forms of modifications performed on the external genitalia of women and the girl child, this range from cutting, suturing and...
IMPROVING HEALTH OF RURAL BASED FARMERS
One day in the heart of a rural area in Southwest Nigeria while on a medical health relief outreach with a faith based organization, I...
Support Youths Rice Farmers in Benue State on Spraying Service Provision
Facilitation of strengthening of network of youths in selected rice clusters in Benue State on Spraying Service Provision by Universal Treasure Mines (UTM). UTM got...
FUTA Agricultural Extension & Communication Students visited CIA-GED
The students of the department of Agricultural Extension & Communication of Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) was live at CIA-GED Akure office. Their mission...
AgriBusiness Development Forum for vegetable clusters in South West, Nigeria
Cooperative and collective effort is required to ensure a sustainable agribusiness, although various Apex Cooperative has been in existence in 2SCALE project vegetable clusters across the states...
Sensitization of Cassava Farmers on the harmful effects of pesticides and herbicides
PESTICIDES are harmful materials, they are developed and used with the explicit intention to destroy or prevent the growth of life. Pesticides are designed to kill...
Field Support for Women
Women are directly supported in their fields. In the picture below was a visit to a rice plantation in Benue State where some technical issues on...
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