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| NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW) |
The chairperson, NECA’s Network of
Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), Mrs. Ekaette Umoh has assured female farmers who
are interested in taking agriculture as a business more skill acquisition
through linking them up with appropriate institution for more technical knowledge
of standard practicing of farming towards making profit and good living.
Mrs Edobong Akpabio speaking with Food Farm News at the recently organized
Abuja trade fair and exhibition titled “show-casing the hidden treasures in
Agribusiness sector in Nigeria” said that the immense contribution of women to
food security in the country required that more skill acquisition needed to be
given to women as many of them are the family bread winners saying that “NNEW will connect woman in the Rural and
Urban areas who wants to achieve success in their career, family, community,
financial independence and relationships in and outside the workplace through
acquisition of skill in agriculture”
Mrs. EkaetteUmoh further stated
that majority of the rural women were not privilege to skill acquisition due to
limited resources “Rural women typically work longer hours
than men, which means empowering and investing in rural women has shown
to significantly increase productivity, reduce hunger and malnutrition and
improve rural livelihoods” added that the same must be applied to the urban
ones towards ensuring food security.
She further added
that there are areas a lot of people are not paying attention and which are
very fulfilling and profitable such as Bio-Energy, Organic Agriculture, Recreational Agriculture, Ornamental Agriculture,Agri-Waste
Recycling, Agric-Journalism, machine Fabricator
and Agriculture Service Center.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Deputy Director Agribusiness and investment, Eng. Daniel Udo
said the NNEW fair and exhibition was a welcome development for women added it
would make them see agriculture as a -business.
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