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Ezeaja Ikemefuna
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November 1, 2019
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono

FG launches Gender Policy to deepen  Women Involvement  in Agricbusiness

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has launched the National Gender Policy in Agriculture. The Document would promote and ensure the adoption of gender sensitive and responsive approaches towards engendering plans and programmes, in such a way that men and women have equal access and control of productive resources and facilities to bridge gender gaps.

Speaking at the launch held in Abuja, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, said that the document would provide a policy direction for the different roles of women and men in Agriculture for development and gender equality in access to resources as well as equal opportunities in maximizing means of livelihood and also necessary condition for progressively realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Nanono further said that ‘’ the National Gender Policy in Agriculture is expected to drastically reduce the vulnerability of women to biases in agriculture, address the unequal gender power relation and bridge gender gap’’

He explained that  ‘’ when implemented will be a tool for achieving gender – based reforms and increasing productivity by men and women along all the value chains in the sector improves food security ,reduces hunger, poverty and sustain the livelihoods of men and women who rely on agricultural value chains for common good’’

The Minister stressed that ‘’ this event no doubt, is a unique platform aimed at contributing to the attainment of the on- going agricultural reforms and development agenda of the present administration’’

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He informed that ‘’the  National Gender Policy in Agriculture  is hinged on the National Gender Policy (2006) and its Strategic Implementation Framework (2008) as developed by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development’’.

He emphasized that ‘’ it is important to note that women make up   about 50% of Nigeria’s population and are responsible for carrying out 70% of agricultural labour, 50% of animal husbandry related activities and 60% of food processing activities but have access to less than 20% of available agricultural resources which is a serious impediment to their maximizing agricultural production and that is why the launch of this policy document is apt’’.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the occasion and Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Sen. Dr. Abdullahi Adamu, said that the role of women in the Agricultural sector cannot be overemphasized because ‘’ women are in involved in all the processing from clearing of the farm, harvesting and packaging of agricultural products’’

In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary,FMARD, Dr. Mohammed Bello Umar, represented by the Director, Special Duties /Gender, Mr. Zubairu Abdullahi, said that ‘’ to achieve the task of bridging gender gap in Agriculture Sector, the Ministry apart from pursuing and encouraging the establishment of gender friendly policies, has initiated various women friendly programmes and activities aimed at mainstreaming gender into agricultural activities in collaboration with relevant organizations’’

Dr M.B Umar pointed out that ‘’ as a Ministry, we are committed to the socio-economic empowerment of women and men in the sector. We therefore, acknowledge, acting in line with the Sustainable Development Goals declaration, that gender equality is a prerequisite for eradicating poverty and promoting sustainable human development’’.

Ezeaja Ikemefuna

For: Director, Information (FMARD)

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