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[^1]\n\nNigerian police arrested four suspects over alleged organ harvesting activities. [^2]\n\nProfessor Taibat Moji Yusuf stated that empowering women farmers is critical to increasing agricultural productivity, strengthening food security, and reducing poverty across Nigeria. [^3]\n\nProfessor Taibat Moji Yusuf, a Professor of Agricultural Economics at Kwara State University, delivered the 23rd Inaugural Lecture titled 'Empowering Women Farmers in Nigeria: Closing the Gender Gap for Agricultural Transformation and Food Security' on Wednesday. [^4]\n\nShe advocated expanding gender-inclusive agricultural financing through microcredit schemes that do not require land as collateral. [^5]\n\nYusuf said discriminatory land ownership practices remain one of the major obstacles preventing women farmers from accessing credit, agricultural inputs, and other productive resources. [^6]\n\nThe arrests are linked to allegations of organ harvesting. 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