{"id":9023,"date":"2023-10-13T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:51:41","slug":"ministry-gives-rural-women-26000t-hybrid-rice-seeds-to-boost-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/ministry-gives-rural-women-26000t-hybrid-rice-seeds-to-boost-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry gives rural women 26,000t hybrid rice seeds to boost production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-69.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-69.png 700w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-69-600x343.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-69-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs is to distribute 26,000 tonnes of hybrid rice to rural women to cut down the cost of rice and boost food production and food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women\u2019s affairs, made this known while briefing newsmen ahead of the 2023 International Day for Rural Women celebrated every Oct. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d A Chinese company donated 26,000 tonnes of hybrid rice to the ministry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She called on all women to support the farmers with tools to reduce the labour burden of rural women as that will help them to have more farm produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister also noted that First Lady Remi Tinubu will share mechanised farming tools worth 151 million to rural women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Mohammed Idris, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry said the event marks a significant day for rural women worldwide as it helps to showcase the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agriculture and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAvailable evidence points to the fact that in the world over, women play a vital role in the rural economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThey are involved in crop production and livestock care, provide food, water, and fuel for their families, and carry out other activities to diversify their family\u2019s livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dRural women are active agents of economic, social change and environmental protection\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Idris, further sympathised with rural women and their families whose lives and properties were affected by flood and armed conflict in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Ms Beatrice Eyong, UN Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS reiterated the commitment of the world body to addressing challenges affecting women, especially the rural women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are working on our Climate-smart agriculture that is digitally assisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201d We want to make sure that issues about environment, low productivity, low soil productivity are handled in such a way that production and production goes up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On her part, Hajiya Lami Adamu-Lau, National President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) called on the ministry to ensure judicious distribution to the rural women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAN reports that it was suggested that Oct. 15 be celebrated as \u201cWorld Rural Women\u2019s Day,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorld Rural Women\u2019s Day\u201d has been celebrated, primarily by civil society, across the world for over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAN reports that the theme is \u201cRural Women Cultivating Good Food for All\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This day, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 62\/138 of Dec. 18 2007, recognizes \u201cthe critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of honouring rural women with a special day was put forward by international NGOs at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs is to distribute 26,000 tonnes of hybrid rice to rural women to cut down the cost of rice and boost food production and food security. 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