Abstract: This study examined rural women’s constraints to participation in IFAD/CBARDP on poverty reduction in Kebbi State Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select a total of one hundred and (120) beneficiaries (Rural Women). Interview schedule was the main tool used for data collection while descriptive statistics (frequency distribution and percentages) were used to analyse the data. The result showed that the mean age of the respondents was 40 years, 69% were married, the average household size of the beneficiaries was 10 persons, 95% of the beneficiaries did not have formal education,