Female farmers in Gombe State, under the umbrella of the Smallholders Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria, SWOFON, have called on the state government to increase the allocation to agriculture in line with the Malabo and Maputo declarations. The appeal was made during a consultative meeting on the 2025 agricultural budget held on Tuesday, organised in collaboration with Hope Foundation for the Lonely and supported by ActionAid Nigeria. SWOFON’s spokesperson, Airudia Mamman, read a communiqué urging the Gombe State Government to allocate 10 per cent of its annual budget to the agricultural se…