What We Do

NiWARD is filling the gaps in the Nigerian rural agricultural sector by creating and managing rural women farmers networks, fostering peer to peer knowledge transfer, and ensuring the implementation of targeted empowerment policies. NiWARD has over 200 Fellows, Mentors and Mentees participating in the Program from the 6 regions of Nigeria. They are carrying out research and implementing projects to transform Nigeria’s rural agricultural sector. We plan to accomplish our mission by

• Promoting engagement among AWARD Fellows in Nigeria and the Regional community  to boost sustainable agricultural development;
• Promoting capacity building through training in scientific research with rural communities nationally to enhance agricultural productivity, livelihoods and farm incomes as well as competitiveness along the commodity value chains;
• Promoting gender equality in science and technology for agricultural empowerment and innovation for women and youths nationally;
• Contributing to rural development, poverty reduction, food security and sustainable use of agricultural resources in Nigeria;
• Partnering with the Federal and the State governments to support local women at the grassroots level to grow their farming businesses by facilitating access to technological and financial support systems;
• Engaging with our leaders at the local level (Obas, Chiefs, community leaders and decision makers); train them on gender-related issues in order to gain their support for gender and youth development that will result in national economic growth and wealth creation.