At present, second season planting in Akwa Ibom State is mainly practised by women farmers. This farming is facing a lot of drawbacks including low level of technology, disease, pest and weed infestation and low soil fertility. In the light of this, a research was carried out from July 2013 to April, 2014. Six objectives and four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of the study was 1200 women farmer. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 250 women farmers to constitute the sample size. The instrument used for collection of data was questionnaire. Mean was used to answer the research questions .Independent t- test was used to test the hypotheses at 5% probability level. The results showed that both rural and urban women farmers are in need of
sustainable agronomic practices in farming systems, tillage, seed treatment, weed control, type and methods of fertilizer application and crop protection. The rural women farmers were the majority (88.0%), while the urban women counterpart constituted 12%. It was recommended that women farmers should be trained and properly informed through seminars and workshops by Women in Agriculture and Agricultural Extension Officers in order to minimize fooр insecurity in offseason food production.