This study assessed the dynamic roles of rural Tiv women farmers in the development of primary agriculture for food security and socio-economic growth in Benue State. It has been observed that existing literatures and past discussions on agricultural development in Benue State have focused more on projecting and promoting agriculture as a patriarchal enterprise. Such studies for instance project largely the role of male farmers in food and cash crop production that has earned the state the status of "food basket of the nation".

It examines the challenges women farmers encounter. This has denied women their position in the scheme of things as major contributors to the nation’s food and value chain. The idea for this study therefore originates from the need to fill a historic knowledge gap from this continued neglect of the productive efforts of Tiv rural women farmers who constitutes the brain box of primary form of agriculture in Benue State. The study highlights the impact and changing roles of Tiv rural women farmers in Benue State. One major challenge that emerged from the study is the fact that most agricultural extension services and programs targets largely male farmers as heads of families, a situation that does not encourage the development of rural women farmers. Due to the fact that rural women also involved competitively with their men counterpart in primary farming.

The women make their mark in history as serving as an antipoverty tool for women .The inability of African economy to eradicate poverty and underdevelopment has propelled role of women farmers in development process. Tiv women have contributed immensely to the development of Benue State. There is however need to project the role of women in economic growth and development in the state. The study relies on the use of primary and secondary sources of data collection and collation in the reconstruction of this history.