ABSTRACT
Food and nutrition security at the household level is dependent heavily on the effort of the women producers at the rural level which is a major contribution to efforts aimed at alleviating poverty in Nigeria. The responsibility for agriculture and food security borne by women in Nigeria is core to the provision and guarantee of sustainable growth of the poor people in the rural areas. Gendered issues have instituted an operational inattention to familial and agricultural programmes that women are involved in, such as transport and microfinance. Nigerian women have over the years come to prove that they have and are ready to play a serious role in the male-dominated agricultural sector, if they are given the right avenue and opportunity to do so. Statistics show neglecting the contribution of women or trivialising it will be to the detriment of rural development and to a large extent national development.
