Agriculture is the main source of economic livelihood for the majority of the rural community and agricultural inputs and services are their basic requirements.
In a bid to address poverty reduction and enhance food security we have embarked on an exercise that provides free distribution of Seed and Fertilizers to small scale farmers in rural communities.
Agape Family Care believes that supporting women farmers with agricultural inputs is one of the most important ways to empower them and help boost their yields.
Most elderly women in rural areas have become the bread winners and are left to care for several orphans due to the HIV/Aids pandemic.
“Women play a significant role in agriculture, the world over. About 70% of the agricultural workers, 80% of food producers, and 10% of those who process basic foodstuffs are women and they also undertake 60 to 90% of the rural marketing; thus making up more than two-third of the workforce in agricultural production (FAO, 1985).