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    WIMA to give one million women farmers access to agricultural technologies

    June 3, 20253 Mins Read


    The Women in Mechanisation Agriculture (WIMA) has unveiled plans to provide mechanisation services to one million women farmers across Nigeria by the year 2030.

    Speaking at the official launch of WIMA in Abuja, the organisation’s President, Aisha Yakubu Bako, said the initiative aims to transform food systems, improve household incomes, enhance climate resilience, and national productivity through inclusive access to agricultural technologies.

    She said, “Our plan is to build a future where no woman is too rural, too poor, or too marginalised to access technology, finance, and opportunity.”

    Bako disclosed that the organisation started in 2019 with about six women who decided to provide mechanisation services targeted at women at the bottom of the pyramid.

    She outlined WIMA’s four strategic pillars, which include capacity building, access to mechanisation services and assets, policy and advocacy, and market linkages.

    She explained that WIMA has been equipping women with skills to operate tractors, harvesters, threshers, and other machinery, as well as providing mobile-based learning platforms and mechanisation toolkits, in partnership with initiatives such as TrackTrack.

    She stated that through its cooperative model, and with support from partners like PropCom Plus, WIMA has established 12 solar-powered mechanisation service hubs across the country, adding that these centres provide services to women in hard-to-reach areas, using renewable-energy-powered equipment such as threshers and water pumps.

    To bridge the urban-rural divide, she said WIMA also facilitates market linkages, allowing women in urban areas to invest in mechanisation tools and partner with rural service providers through a cost-sharing model.

    Bako, however, called for increased support from government, financial institutions, donor agencies, among others, saying, “When women rise, food systems rise. When women mechanise, productivity scales. And when women are involved in decision-making, nations prosper.”

    Also speaking, the Chairperson Board of Trustees, WIMA, Dr. Aisha Umar, raised concerns over the increasing marginalisation of women farmers in accessing mechanisation services across the country.

    Speaking during the formal launch of the WIMA initiative in Abuja, Dr. Umar said the programme seeks to collaborate with donor agencies, the private sector, government, and commercial banks to provide mechanisation support to women in agriculture.

    “The initiative started with just six women. We recognised a glaring gap in the agricultural sector—particularly the exclusion of women from finance and mechanisation,” she said.

    Dr. Umar lamented that many women farmers still rely on crude tools such as hoes and cutlasses for farming due to a lack of access to mechanised equipment.

    “Our aim is to bridge this gap by providing mechanisation services to women farmers to help them increase productivity and improve their livelihoods,” she stated.

    She revealed that in some of the states where WIMA is currently operating, mechanisation hubs have been established to give women access to equipment such as tractors, harvesters, threshers, and other tools tailored to their specific needs.

    “We also intend to deploy technology to enhance women’s agricultural output and overall welfare,” Dr. Umar added.

    According to her, WIMA has so far reached about 300 women in Katchia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with plans underway to expand the initiative across Nigeria and eventually throughout Africa.



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