Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- Nigeria's agriculture sector recorded numerous challenges in January, from climate change impacts to conflicts between farmers and herders.

Earlier in the month, the Nigerian Women for Agricultural Progressive and Development Initiative (NWAPDI) sounded an urgent call for greater attention to female farmers' plight, emphasising their critical role in the country's food security.

At an event in Lagos, the organisation's National Coordinator, Omolara Svensson, decried the lack of robust data and structural support in the agricultural sector, citing these as significant barriers to progress.

"Women constitute approximately 90 per cent of the workforce in Nigeria's agricultural sector, yet they remain under-recognised an...