To Process, Incorporate Soybean Into Household Meals
By Segun Adewale, Bauchi
As part of efforts to promote quality soybean seed production and strengthen women’s participation in agriculture and improve nutrition, Catalyzing strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE) has activated a Mega Brown Soybean Field Day in Bauchi State focusing on empowering women towards addressing malnutrition at the community and household level and advocating for greater government engagement for sustainable food systems.
The CASCADE project sponsored, by Care, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in collaboration with Seed Co Nigeria, brought together women farmers, agricultural experts, and development partners.
The event held in Birshi Fulani, Bauchi yesterday aims to highlight the performance and success stories of the women farmers actively involved in soybean cultivation, while showcasing their enhanced productivity and efforts.
Speaking during the ceremony, Mr John Agboola, Head of Marketing, Seed Co Nigeria said the objectives of the project is aimed at promoting the adoption of high-quality soybean seed, improved agronomic practices among women, showcase their achievement in soybean production and inspire wider participation.
According to him, “We are also promoting household nutrition through Soybean utilization: empower women farmers with practical knowledge on how to process and incorporate soybean into household meals (e.g., soy milk, soy flour, soy-based snacks) to enhance family nutrition, particularly protein intake among children and lactating mothers.
“Strengthen women’s role in food security: encourage women to view soybean production not only as a source of income but as a tool for ensuring year-round household food security by promoting storage, value addition, and community-level seed saving practices”.
Agboola added that the objective of the project includes, “Build capacity for sustainable income and livelihoods: Equip women with skills on improved agronomic practices, post-harvest handling, thereby enhancing their economic resilience and capacity to provide food and nutrition security for their families”.
According to him, “For us at Seed Co Nigeria, it was more than just an event — it was a reminder of why we do what we do, and our goal has always been to equip farmers, especially women, with high-yielding, nutritious, and resilient seed varieties that don’t just boost productivity but also improve lives.
“Together, we are building a future where every farmer has access to quality seeds, where women play a huge role in feeding their families and communities, and where Nigeria continues to grow stronger through agriculture.
“Seed Co Nigeria supplies the certified seed, and the two varieties are the highest-yielding in the country with the women sharing testimonial of getting an average of 30 bags of 100kg bag size on 1 hectare”.
Our Correspondent reports that key activities at the event includes,field demonstration and learning sessions on GAPs,testimonial presentations from successful women soybean farmers as well as exhibition of quality soybean seed varieties and input solutions.
