Small Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON), Kwara State chapter, has lamented alleged marginalization and lack of support from the government to improve their productivity.
Speaking during a stakeholders’ interactive forum with a government ministry, department, and agencies (MDAs) on the state agricultural sector in Ilorin, the state coordinator for SWOFON, Mrs. Bosede Toyin-Anifowose, said that women farmers are not getting enough government support to encourage women practicing agriculture in the state.
She said the organization needed inputs, land, and other resources to support their efforts, adding that the organization had been neglected.
The SWOFON state coordinator, who said that politicians hijacked most of the little grants apportioned to women farmers in the state, added that most fertilizers and other benefits meant for the Organization are mostly hijacked by politicians, depriving member’s access to their rights.
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