Women in Agriculture: How I've operated 'on credit' for years - Farmer
Nigeria, Sept. 20 -- Rebecca Isaac is a smallholder farmer in the Federal Capital Territory. She cultivates cassava, beans, groundnut, rice, potatoes and maize.
The mother of six, a native of Edo State.
In this episode of our Women in Agriculture, shares her experience on how she gets her farm inputs on credit during the farming season.
PT: Why did you leave Edo for Abuja to farm?
Ms Isaac: I relocated as a young person to seek greener pastures. I started farming in Abuja when I came. I have always been a farmer back then in the village.
PT: As a woman and a non-indigene, how are you able to get land?
Ms Isaac: I rent land here. I cannot rent all the land I need in one location, I rent them in different locations. I get one hectare ...
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