Transparent and free access to services and incentives provided by some agro based financial institutions in Gombe has encouraged more women to venture into small and large scale farming.
These financial institutions, Bank of Industry (BOI), Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), whose flexibility and low loan interest rate has continued to attract more women into farming, has boosted economic development and welfare of the rural population.
