PIND Q1 January – March 2019 Progress Report
This first quarter (January – March 2019) report, is intended to serve three (3) purposes that are linked to the needs of key stakeholders: The Sponsor: That is, Chevron – to keep them informed on program results, establish the business value of the investment in PIND, and showcase the causal link between PIND impact […]
MADE Annual Review 2019.
The Market Development Programme in the Niger Delta - phase two (MADE II) is a follow-on market development programme from MADE I; implemented by DAI Europe (contract supplier) in the Niger Delta. MADE I had specific objectives to improve market access for poor producers, increase economic activity and trade, and raise incomes of 150,000 poor [...] PIND Monthly Conflict Trackers – Niger Delta States: March/April 2019
name="Abia Conflict Tracker April-2019" datetime="May 30, 2019 - 9:29 am" other="v.1.7 (PIND)" ]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Abia-Conflict-Tracker-April-2019.pdf" download style="display:inline-block;padding:10px 15px;background:#81d742;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;">Download instance="2" name="Akwa Ibom Conflict Tracker April-2019." datetime="May 30, 2019 - 9:29 am" other="v.1.7 (PIND)" ]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Akwa-Ibom-Conflict-Tracker-April-2019.pdf" download style="display:inline-block;padding:10px 15px;background:#81d742;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;">Download instance="3" name="Bayelsa Conflict Tracker April 2019" datetime="May 30, 2019 - 9:29 am" other="v.1.7 (PIND)" ]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bayelsa-Conflict-Tracker-April-2019.pdf" download style="display:inline-block;padding:10px 15px;background:#81d742;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;">Download instance="4" name="Cross River [...] An energy access model for off-grid communities in the Niger Delta
Electricity is a major recipe for development and sustainable growth. The provision of electricity and affordable energy has been a major challenge to communities in the Niger Delta for as far back as the earliest beneficiation of natural resources within the region. An analysis of the International Energy Agency’s 2014 Energy Indicators statistics for Nigeria, [...] Meghan Curran of Acumen Fund visits PIND, Warri Office – Delta State
On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the West African Director of Acumen Fund, Meghan Curran visited PIND warri office, alongside Acumen’s Associate Director, Toyin Olubake, and representatives of NIRSAL (Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending) to explore collaborative and investment opportunities with PIND. Highlights were on PIND’s market development interventions of Aquaculture and Oil Palm. [...] PIND Impact Assessment Promoting Peace in the Niger Delta 2012-2018
This report is a multi-year impact assessment that measures the second and third-order effects of PIND’s peacebuilding program. PIND’s peacebuilding strategy is to catalyze and leverage local capacity for early warning, conflict management, and peacebuilding across the Niger Delta to create an enabling environment for sustainable, broad-based economic development. From the initial scoping exercise in [...] PIND 2019 Q1 Niger Delta Conflict Trends Report
There was an increase in conflict risk and lethal violence in the Niger Delta in Q1 2019 (See page 2). The Niger Delta peace and conflict landscape underwent significant changes in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the third and fourth quarters of 2018. According to data uploaded to the P4P Peace Map (www.p4p-nigerdelta.org), […]
Characteristics of the Nigerian Cocoa Industry – FACTSHEET
Within 5 years, the cocoa industry in the Niger Delta will be characterized by improved linkages and communicaons between smallholder farmers and the processors and exporters, with common mutual incenves. The industry will have a strong supporng services providers delivering the inputs, extension, and technologies that smallholder farmers need to upgrade leading to increasing producvity [...] The Cross River International Collaboration & Investors Summit 2019
The Cross River International Collaboration & Investors Summit 2019 is designed to develop business partnerships between bi-lateral/multi-lateral development partners, investors and the government of Cross River State in the fields of infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, governance and finance. A key development at the summit will be the the launch of the state’s 30-year Growth and [...] Exploring short, medium and long term plans for improving productivity of the Nigerian cocoa sector
Great opportunities exist in the Nigerian cocoa sector but persistent low productivity, absence of institutional control and administrative inefficiencies in the sector are resulting in low profitability for farmers. The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) will be organizing a Cocoa Stakeholders’ Roundtable in Akure, Ondo State on May 23, 2019 [...] 