The Director, Extension Services in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Aderemi Abioye, has said that less than 3 per cent of women in Nigeria have access to agricultural credit facilities.
Speaking at the two-day workshop on validation of Draft Agricultural Gender Policy in Abuja on Thursday, Abioye lamented that less than 5 per cent of women have access to land; only 4 per cent have access to agricultural extension services while less than 22 per cent have access to farm inputs.
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http://www.ereporter.com.ng/index.php/business-news/item/925-less-than-3-women-have-access-to-agric-credit