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Market Development for the Niger Delta (MADE), funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned this study. The aim of this assignment was to collect both qualitative and quantitative information of target groups (farmers and retailers/sprayers of agricultural inputs) that would be used as baseline data and tool for monitoring and evaluation of programme…
Why We Work in the Agricultural Input Sector The Niger Delta is one of the poorest regions in the country, with poverty heavily concentrated in rural areas1. For the Niger Delta’s poor, agriculture is a critical sector, employing approximately 52% of the Niger Delta’s total labour force and providing a livelihood for about 90% of…
The Niger Delta is one of the poorest regions in the country, with poverty heavily concentrated in rural areas1. For the Niger Delta’s poor, agriculture is a critical sector, employing approximately 52% of the Niger Delta’s total labour force and providing a livelihood for about 90% of the rural population2. It accounts for 24% of…
This report has been prepared by Nathan Associates with the assistance of the Department for International Development (DFID Nigeria) contracted through the Expert Advisory Call Down Services, Lot C, managed by IMC Worldwide. This report has been prepared in accordance with the usual care and thoroughness of the consulting profession for the use of DFID…
A poverty assessment of MADE and PIND was initiated in May 2018 to establish a deeper understanding of the characteristics of poverty in the Niger Delta, taking samples from the seven value chains. Analysis were carried out on MADE and PIND interventions in Cassava, Fisheries, and Palm Oil and specifically for MADE in Agricultural Inputs,…
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…
Market Development for the Niger Delta (MADE II) is a DFID funded programme which seeks to raise the incomes of at least 155,000 poor people in two years, 50 per cent of whom will be women. MADE aims to stimulate lasting (sustainable) and systemic changes in target markets and aspirational sectors by working through private…