BUSINESS LINKAGES: Expert Service Providers, Increased Competitiveness, More Sales for the Region’s Small Businesses
Medium, Small and Micro-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) face myriads of challenges that inhibit their competitiveness.
DetailsMedium, Small and Micro-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) face myriads of challenges that inhibit their competitiveness.
DetailsCommon constraints faced by cassava farmers in the Niger Delta include lack of access to and improper use of fertilizers and other crop protective products, poor knowledge of correct weed management practices and improved high yielding stem varieties and poor agronomic practices in general.
DetailsWhen we forayed into the palm oil sector in 2012, we found palm oil farmers were losing about 50% of their available fresh fruit bunches (FFB) for processing due to shortage of and high cost of hiring climbers who face serious health and safety hazards from climbing the palm trees.
DetailsUnder aquaculture, PIND’s strategy remains facilitating aquaculture service providers (ASPs) to make a business out of selling services to new and existing fish farmers on business skills and best pond management practices.
DetailsSmallholder farmers’ businesses tend to fall below their profit potentials because of poor agronomic practices and lack of access to new technologies and market.
DetailsThe Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) produces a Monthly Conflict Trackers for the 9 Niger Delta States. These monthly trackers are designed to update peace actors on the patterns and trends of conflict risk factors and violence as identified by the Partners for Peace (P4P) Peace Map and the IPDU SMS-based…
DetailsThis report aims to highlight the different forms and drivers of domestic violence in the Niger Delta, with a particular focus on Rivers state. Through greater awareness and engagement on the issue across sectors, community leaders, policy makers and practitioners work together to address the underlying drivers of domestic violence, as well as strengthen prevention…
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