For over five years, the people of Kadawa Community in Garun Mallam Local Government Area of Kano State have endured the hardships caused by the collapse of a bridge that once connected them to neighbouring villages and farmlands. The bridge’s collapse severely impacted the daily lives of over 3,000 farmers, schoolchildren, and residents who relied on it…
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Youth Day, thousands of young agricultural loaders, transporters, and persons living with disabilities (PLWD) across Northern Nigeria have celebrated new opportunities created by the Women Farmers Advancement Network’s (WOFAN) ICON2 Project to have decent and sustainable jobs. Under the ICON2 intervention, WOFAN…
Thousands of young Agric produce loaders, transporters and persons with disabilities (PWD) rolled out the drums to mark the 2024 International Youth Day (IYD) in states across Northern Nigeria as they celebrated new opportunities created by the WOFAN ICON2 Project to have decent and sustainable jobs. SolaceBase reports that under the ICON2 intervention, WOFAN designed a mini…
Nine thousand young agric produce loaders and transporters, as well as 57, 750 young Persons With Disabilities (PWD) in the agric value chain have been supported by Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) ICON2 project with cargo tricycles, seed production hubs and workspaces as well as vocations, such as fashion design, fabrication and phone repairst to mark 2024…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture Production and Rural Development, Senator Saliu Mustapha, on Thursday assured stakeholders in the agricultural sector of the speedy passage of the Agriculture Extension Revitalization Bill into law. Senator Mustapha gave the assurance when he received the draft Agriculture Extension Revitalization Bill in his office at the Red Chamber from stakeholders…
Stakeholders in the Agricultural Sector, under the umbrella of the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) Icon 2 Project, supported by the Mastercard Foundation, on Thursday presented the Draft Agricultural Extension Revitalization Bill to the Chairman Senate Committee on Agriculture. The Executive Director of WOFAN Hajia Salamatu Garba, noted that the stakeholders were able to get…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture Production and Rural Development, Senator Saliu Mustapha, on Thursday assured stakeholders in the agricultural sector of the speedy passage of the Agriculture Extension Revitalization Bill into law. Senator Mustapha gave the assurance when he received the draft Agriculture Extension Revitalization Bill in his office at the Red Chamber from stakeholders…
Senator Saliu Mustapha, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture Production and Rural Development, has affirmed to the prompt passage of the Agriculture Extension Revitalisation Bill into law presented by stakeholders in the agricultural sector, under the umbrella of the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) Icon 2 Project, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. The…
Women Farmers Advancement Network, WOFAN, in collaboration with Palm Valley Nigeria Limited, PVNL, through the Integrated Community-led Network of Hope, ICON2, Project, has empowered 1,733 groups of 52,000 women and youth farmers The beneficiaries were drawn from Nasarawa, Benue and Kaduna States and had been empowered with improved seeds, fertilizer and approved pesticides to produce 1,733 hectares…
No fewer than 52,000 women and youth farmers have received agro inputs from the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), in collaboration with Palm Valley Nigeria Limited (PVNL) for the 2024 wet season farming on Thursday in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The beneficiaries were drawn from Nasarawa, Benue and Kaduna States. The gesture, which was in collaboration…