This research work seeks to examine socio-economic benefits of participation in farming activities among rural women in Niger, Kaduna and Zamfara States. Women empowerment though participatory farming activities which is the focus of the work is a mechanism through which rural women are able to increase self-reliance in order to promote their well-being. A sample of 285 women farmers were selected from a study population of 985 through the use of Yamane formula from the three states of Kaduna, Zamfara and Niger and a schedule was designed and administered among the respondents. The results revealed that participation of women in planning farming activities is low as the interviewees rightly stated that “we are not involved in planning of the farming activities as the labourers are paid to plan the planting, weeding and harvesting activities who are majorly men”. The study contrarily found that monitoring of farming activities is the complete business of women. As the respondents during the interview section stressed that we monitor the activities to assess the difference (profit) between the input and the output. The paper therefore concludes that women involvement in planning and monitoring of farming activities is a mechanism for rural women empowerment in Niger, Kaduna and Zamfara State.