WOMEN have
been deeply involved in various aspects of agriculture, be it land preparation,
planting, weeding, harvesting, processing, animal rearing or marketing.
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| Some of the proud women farmers |
In spite of this, they have often not
been given due recognition for their contribution to food production,
apparently because the men always take the credit for the productivity of their
wives and sisters.
It was therefore heart-warming to see a
number of women receive awards at this year’s farmers’ day awards ceremony in
Tamale, which was held at Kogni.
Mma Hamza Hadija, a beans farmer from
Jarigu, a community located off the Tamale-Salaga road, was adjudged the best
female farmer in the Tamale metropolis.
Apart from her, four other women were
rewarded for beating their male counterparts in the cultivation of some crops
and the rearing of livestock.
