Appropriate Technology Solutions

Promoting Appropriate Technologies (ATs) Appropriate technologies (ATs) are devices that are sustainable, require fewer natural resources and produce less pollution. PIND’s Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) project sources, shares, provides training, and pilots existing and new AT solutions to meet the needs of communities and small businesses in the Niger Delta region. Appropriate Technologies (ATs)…

Business Linkages

PIND’s Business Linkages program seeks to promote a business environment in which local small and medium sized enterprises in the Niger Delta  can compete in domestic, regional and global markets and can contribute significantly to wealth and job creation in both the Niger Delta as well as nationally.   The Challenges Facing the Region’s Small…

Leadership, Empowerment and Development (LEAD)

The Leadership Empowerment and Development (LEAD) program is a partnership initiative designed to boost local government service delivery and improve services in Akuku Toru, Khana and Okrika Local Government Councils in Rivers State. This program is an initiative of PIND Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is implemented by Research…

Aquaculture Value Chain Pilot Project

PIND’s value chain projects focus on poverty reduction by applying a market development approach. Each project seeks to create more accessible and inclusive market systems, thereby increasing the economic opportunities for large numbers of the poor and providing a path for them to escape poverty.

Best Management Practices (Demo Pond)

PIND worked with United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) in Warri, Delta State, on the pilot for the demonstration pond project to help instill best practices in the lucrative and popular practice of growing catfish. UUFFA is a large cooperative farm with 500 registered small scale commercial fish farmers and more than 2,000 ponds. This program enabled…