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Provision of inputs credit and mechanization services by a nucleus farmer to smallholder farmers is a game-changing intervention for young and female farmers in the Upper West Region to expand crops production to enhance food security, and improved income.

A 22-year-old SMA, Kenkeni Ibrahim, a smallholder farmer at Santijan in the Sissala East Municipality of Upper West Region is a beneficiary of the intervention.

Young Kenkeni received a parcel of land from her husband in 2021 to start her own farm, a move that made her elated. Like most women in her community, up until then, Kenkeni had supported her husband and family through farming and by providing paid labor to commercial farmers.

Kenkeni looked forward to the opportunity to grow her own maize and groundnut to support her family and earn some well-deserved personal income. Her excitement was short-lived, however, when she realized that she needed not only land, but also financing to pay for seed, fertilizer, and tractor plowing services to boost her farm’s yield.

“I was discouraged because I expected all the time and energy, I had devoted to nurturing the crops would produce good yields and increase my income,” Kenkeni said.

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