The International Centre for Environmental Health and Development (ICEHD), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has trained women-farmers in climate resilience and climate adaptability.
The Programme Officer, Miss Mercy Joshua, said the training, which held in Ajara, Badagry, Lagos State, and themed ‘Badagry Women Farmers Empowerment Project’, was to help strengthen their capacity to be resilient and learn strategies to face climate challenge.
She lamented that women remained economically excluded, exploited and marginalised due to socio-economic factors and cultural barriers.
“For women-farmers, particularly those in rural communities, this situation is worsened by the adverse impact of climate change. Nigeria’s climate is changing, evidenced in upsurge in temperature, variable rainfall, flooding and land degradation, with these changes bringing a gendered impact, as it disproportionately affects women and widens gender inequalities,” Joshua said.
She added that the NGO, working with the Agricultural Department of Badagry Local Government Area, had trained over 100 women-farmers in Badagry in ways to become resilient in their operations.
Country Manager, Rose of Sharon Foundation, Dr. Ndudi Bowei, said her NGO was collaborating with ICEHD to train women-farmers.