Rashida Abdul-Ganiyu grew up in a large family of 13 children in northern Ghana. “My father was committed to education and would do anything to make sure you got through school,” she says. Always a high achiever, she won the Presidential Award for the top two students in primary school—she was the top female student in the region, and this helped her win a scholarship to study general science at secondary school.
Talking to rural women, you realize that if they had the same opportunities you had when they were young, they would be doing better.
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What use is it to come up with a variety that is very expensive and cannot be accessed by farmers.