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I am really astonished at problems identified so far, this is great and we have way forward! The infographics and WAAPP are fantastic and commendable! First of all, this is not my field, am an agricultural biotechnologist, complementing conventional breeding but i currently stay close to suburbs where homegrown farming is largely practise by women and this form large percentage of food access to the communities and are also transported to cities. The foremost challenge of these women farmers at grassroots is access to information on good farming practice, value addition and sales to neccessary community based industries at close vicinities. Therefore, the grassroot women farmers need: 1) these information in local languages by extension workers or nearby scientists that could play this role. on part time assignment or additional program. This is because more than 75% (figure is assumed) are uneducted. 2) trainers on better farm practices, planting impoved crops, value addition to farm produce, identifying local industries at vicinity at grassroot levels When these are achieved, our grassroot women farmers already have knowledge to improve productivity, then implementation comes in, which require financing for purchases and acquisitions for increasing productivity and closing food security gap.
Chanllenges of women in value chains
Submitted by Oluwasayo Moyib on Mon, 10/07/2017 - 20:51 Permalink
I am really astonished at problems identified so far, this is great and we have way forward! The infographics and WAAPP are fantastic and commendable! First of all, this is not my field, am an agricultural biotechnologist, complementing conventional breeding but i currently stay close to suburbs where homegrown farming is largely practise by women and this form large percentage of food access to the communities and are also transported to cities. The foremost challenge of these women farmers at grassroots is access to information on good farming practice, value addition and sales to neccessary community based industries at close vicinities. Therefore, the grassroot women farmers need: 1) these information in local languages by extension workers or nearby scientists that could play this role. on part time assignment or additional program. This is because more than 75% (figure is assumed) are uneducted. 2) trainers on better farm practices, planting impoved crops, value addition to farm produce, identifying local industries at vicinity at grassroot levels When these are achieved, our grassroot women farmers already have knowledge to improve productivity, then implementation comes in, which require financing for purchases and acquisitions for increasing productivity and closing food security gap.