WOMEN AND AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL

Abstract

Success and sustainability of Agricultural projects are at risk if women are not included in project activities. In line with this, this paper discusses women and agricultural entrepreneurial skills. The special qualities of woman were discussed such as resilience, perseverance, great risk taking. Also, various careers in agriculture where women can excel in entrepreneurship were enumerated. Such areas are poultry production, fishery, processing, snail farming and many others. The paper also identified three vital areas in food security where women have excelled to include sustainable food production, economic access to food and nutrition security. Recommendations were made such as review of the land use decree to favour women, provision of incentives, functional literacy, etc. especially to women in agriculture of which if accepted and implemented will increase food production and enhance economic empowerment of the nation.