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Women Farmers
Applaud AFAP
Marta Fernando, representative of the women
farmers’ association from Mutindiri, said
that AFAP’s support to bring seeds closer to
farmers was done thinking about women.
She defends this theory because the majority
of farmers are women.
“Women have suffered most in terms of
distances they need to travel to acquire seed.
Their suffering is worsened when the seeds
they buy end up having not germination
power. Now with presence of shops with
competitive prices nearby, we believe that the
women are winning. AFAP has helped beat our
struggle to achieve financial independence,”
she concluded.
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