{"id":33208,"date":"2021-09-12T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T11:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=33208"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:43:47","slug":"nigeria-emerges-winner-of-2021-women-agriprenuer-award-in-kenyan-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/nigeria-emerges-winner-of-2021-women-agriprenuer-award-in-kenyan-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria emerges winner of 2021 women agriprenuer award in Kenyan summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Founder and Executive Director of WOFAN, Hajia Salamatu Garba, has emerged the winner of Value4her Women Agriprenuer of the Year 2021 (WAYA2021) at the 2021 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held in Kenya.<br \/>\nGarba said in a statement in Abuja on Saturday that over 2,500 farmers competed from 21 African Countries.<br \/>\nShe said that the award recognised WOFAN \u2018s innovations in the field of mobilising over 4500 functional and mobilised key smallholder farmer\u2019s groups.<br \/>\nShe stated that WOFAN had also created 5000 fully registered women and youths in agribusiness, adding that 80 per cent of which were women who were into various agribusinesses along various crop value sectors.<br \/>\nThe 2021 AGRF was a hybrid summit with the theme \u201cPathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems\u201d hosted in partnership with the Government of Kenya on Sept. 7, to Sept. 10.<br \/>\nThe Summit convened close to 7,000 participants virtually, including African presidents, agriculture ministers, agricultural stakeholders, Multilateral and experts.<br \/>\nThis, according to her, was to discuss ways the continent could transform food systems and accelerate progress to eradicating hunger and poverty.<br \/>\nGarba, however, promised to continue to be an advocate of re- thinking agriculture and the food systems in Africa.<br \/>\nAccording to her, the leaders need to creatively invest in simple equipment and technologies with amplified application, use and development of ICT related farm technology.<br \/>\nShe stated that inclusiveness in the financial section and access to finance and trade opportunities across the region needed to be magnified for visibility and action.<br \/>\nHe urged financial institutions to roll out friendly policies to address climate change financing to mitigate the shock being faced globally.<br \/>\nShe noted that women and youths were the neck of agriculture because they carried the head and body of food security in Africa.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-33208\" data-postid=\"33208\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-33208 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Founder and Executive Director of WOFAN, Hajia Salamatu Garba, has emerged the winner of Value4her Women Agriprenuer of the Year 2021 (WAYA2021) at the 2021 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held in Kenya. 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