Azumi is a 35-year-old businesswoman with four children and has never been to school. She has been processing peanuts into oil for the past fifteen years as a family
Kaltume is a rice and peanut processor and a primary school teacher who lives in Katagum, Bauchi State, Nigeria. She has engaged in rice parboiling
MEDA’s Women and Youth (WAY) project in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria is witnessing the growing impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss firsthand. Annual precipitation in the past 3 years has consistently been delayed by more than a month and when the rains do come, the intensity of rainfall over short periods of time causes flooding and soil erosion, often taking lives and destroying properties in the process.
Kaltume Hassan is a mother of seven and a small entrepreneur in the rice processing industry of Bauchi, Nigeria. Kaltume has talent and ambition but
Julie is a 14-year-old girl from Dass Local Government Area (LGA) in Bauchi State, Nigeria whose mother works in the rice and groundnut processing sector.
Financial products that are designed for women’s business goals can strengthen women led businesses and benefit the larger community. Yet, for a long time, rural
In Nigeria, certain socio-cultural beliefs prevent girls from developing their potential. These beliefs contribute to higher rates of poverty, illiteracy, and early marriage among young
The soybean is a versatile crop that can be used to make many foods: Soy Jollof rice, Soy milk, Soy kebab and Soy stew are
The No Retreat No Surrender (NRNS) group is a women’s cooperative of small traders and small- scale farmers that cultivate and market their produce. This
Naja is a fourteen-year-old girl from Durum, a community located in the Bauchi Local Government Area (LGA) of Nigeria. To support her family and save
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