Nigerian wins 2021 women agriprenuer award in Kenya

The founder and executive director of Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), Hajia Salamatu Garba, has won the Value4her Women Agriprenuer of the Year 2021 (WAYA2021) at the 2021 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held in Kenya.

Garba said in a statement in Abuja on Saturday that over 2,500 farmers competed from 21 African Countries.

She said that the award recognised WOFAN ‘s innovations in the field of mobilising over 4500 functional and mobilised key smallholder farmer’s groups.

She 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 with various crop value sectors.