Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
pag'wuni company supports women who are in to crops production, such as maize, groundnuts, soybeans, and rice and women who are in raw shea butter processing. the company believes that if you educate a man, you have educated one person, but if educate a woman, you have educated a nation. therefore if you elevate women, you have succeeded in elevating the whole world. because empowering women is like empowering the whole nation, and if you empower the nation, hunger and poverty will automatically alleviated.
before the company was established, the areas where we worked were facing numerous of problems due to poverty and hunger, most of women were depending on their husbands for survival. but when the company was established, we were able to educate them about agriculture and its benefits we support them every farming season. but for now most of the women in those areas are now independent and as well as supporting their husbands, children and parents.
the company alleviates the challenges through the stretegies;
- Build capacity of women farmers in entrepreneurship and good agronomic practices.
- Provide timely input credit and strategic storage facilities to women farmers.
- Link women farmers to ready markets at competitive pricing.