‘People who used to mock us now feel ashamed’@azeezatolaoluwa travelled to Sierra Leone to Mamie Achion. She leads a group of women who are turning rice farming into wealth.
📷 @josh_akinyemi pic.twitter.com/SF03AiCdoh— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 7, 2022
More on the significant contributions of women farmers:
Rice Crop Manager spurs women and the youth to embrace digital technologies in Odisha
The Rice Crop Manager (RCM) has proven to be an effective farmer-friendly digital tool to increase productivity and incomes of rice farmers through balanced fertilizer management. The two case studies presented here highlight how women and young people have used RCM on their farm and successfully reduced their input costs, increased yields and the net benefits
Rural women in Myanmar reap the benefits of sustainable rice farming practices
A study on the impact of sustainable rice farming on rural women in Myanmar revealed that smallholder families who adopted best management practices experienced remarkable social and cultural changes in their livelihoods through higher yield and income.
Rural women in Myanmar reap the benefits of sustainable rice farming practices
The UN and other organizations work with governments to reintegrate ex-combatants into society. But, in Burundi, to be included in the UN’s Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration program, ex-combatants had to either own or have direct access to a firearm themselves or pass a proficiency test in handling weapons. This excluded many women ex-combatants from the formal reintegration programs.
