PIND’s Market Systems Development project supports farmers and small enterprises in key agricultural sectors in the Niger Delta to improve their productivity, leading to an increase in income and reduction of poverty. In Q3 of 2020, following the easing of interstate border restrictions and release of new guidelines of phased resumptions of public gathering, PIND…
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There were lots of disruptions in the operating environment for small enterprises in the region due to COVID-19-induced restrictions and prevention protocols by different levels of government. This affected access to market, funding and training opportunities for small enterprises. In response, PIND’s activities for the quarter focused on supporting the business service providers to…
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During the quarter, PIND worked with input suppliers/ equipment dealers, off-takers, and service providers to organize training programs for farmers and to set up demonstration farms in cocoa-producing clusters/locations, which reached 3,945 farmers with quality agricultural information, inputs, productivity improvement technologies and quality enhancement technologies, bringing the total number of farmers reached in 2020 to…
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Aligned to SDGs 1, 2 and 8, the second year of the 2-year pilot intervention continues working towards the target to train and equip an additional 2,000 youth (including young women, vulnerable and marginalized groups) in the three project states with market-relevant technical and soft skills and job linkages. This builds on the implementation models,…
DetailsThe Edo State government has intensified the campaign to inform and educate the public about the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, admonishing them to abide by the public health and safety protocols outlined to safeguard them from contracting the disease. A team of health workers, drawn from the Edo State Ministry of Health, Edo…
DetailsThe governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is considering another lockdown as the state witnesses a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases. The total number of infections in the state is 3,398 as of December 28, the sixth-highest in Nigeria. The number of deaths from COVID-19 in the state is 64.
DetailsRivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to shut down churches if they fail to comply with the COVID-19 guidelines. Wike made this known during the thanksgiving service in celebration of the 90th birthday of Priscilla Mark, held at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Omagwa in Ikwerre local government area of the state.
This section shows key achievements in Quarter 3 of 2020 for the initiative implemented under the Sombreiro Kapital. Sombreiro Kapital was set up as a sustainable corporate enterprise to facilitate access to finance innovations for smallholder farmers in the Niger Delta using a market system approach. The intervention model is aimed at encouraging sustainable lending…
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During the first quarter of the year 2020, PIND participated at a Job Creation Summit in Lagos, hosted by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. with the theme: “Showcasing Leading Practices for Job Creation” scheduled for February 5th and 6th 2020. The forum was attended by over 200 participants, who were representatives of donor agencies,…
DetailsAPPREHENSIVE about the surge in the second global wave of the COVID -19 pandemic, Governor Hope Uzodimma, has ordered an indefinite stay-at-home for workers beginning from today. In a statewide broadcast yesterday in Owerri, the governor said the directive was part of measures to contain spread of the virus in all of Imo’s 27 local…
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