Ondo Women Cocoa Farmers Don Para: “No Sidon Look for Africa Cocoa Agenda 2063!” – Dem Want Government Help Sharp-Sharp

Ondo Women Cocoa Farmers: Ondo women wey dey break back for cocoa farm don raise alarm give both federal and state government say make dem no do like say women no dey for the Africa Cocoa Agenda 2063 matter. Dem talk say dem dey hustle full time inside cocoa farming, so e go bad if dem no see chop when better cocoa agenda dey land.

Mama Ronke, one of the strong cocoa mama leaders for Akure axis, talk say, “Na we dey clear bush, na we dey plant, na we dey harvest — but when e reach to attend meeting or chop government package, na only men dem go carry go Abuja.” She say women don tire to dey hear “we go look into it.”

Dem carry matter go community meeting wey even chiefs sef hear. “No be say we dey complain say men dey benefit. We just dey beg make we too no miss the train,” another farmer add. “Cocoa na we daily bread and we ready do wetin e take make am better for Nigeria and Africa.”

Ondo Women Cocoa Farmers Beg Government: “Make Una Show Us Love with Better Loan and Grant”

Plenty of the women don talk say farming without money na like akara without pepper — e no sweet and e no dey last. Dem beg government make dem no just dey talk plenty grammar about women empowerment, but make dem actually release beta loan and grant wey go reach hand.

One of the Ondo Women Cocoa Farmers, Mama Dupe, shout say, “Since 2010 wey I register with one agric scheme, na only ID card I collect. Up till now, dem never give me even N1.” She say dem dey face middlemen wey dey buy cocoa like say na garri dem dey price.

Dem beg make dem do loan wey go fit women real condition — no collateral, no long story. “We dey ready pay back small-small. Just empower us first,” dem beg. Dem even suggest cooperative-style funding wey go enter everybody hand evenly, not just big-name farmers.

Ondo Women Cocoa Farmers Talk Say Training and Market Na Wetin Go Change Their Life

Di women dey shout say dem need better training for modern cocoa farming. Most of dem still dey use 1990s method and na why harvest no dey reach full potential. “Dem dey do training for hotel for town, but we wey dey farm dey wait like mumu,” Mama Blessing laugh.

Dem say if dem sabi new pest control methods, soil improvement, and cocoa preservation strategy, na them go even lead for Nigeria. “We dey willing to learn, but who go come bush come teach us?” one mama ask. “Abi na only Abuja people deserve better cocoa knowledge?”

To crown the wahala, dem say dem need better market access. Many of them dey sell cocoa at giveaway price because dem no get connection. “If dem fit help us reach export market or even link us with digital buyers, we go shine like Ghana own,” one of dem dey para. “Make government do am sharp-sharp.”