DOWNLOAD ACCESS TO ARABLE LAND REPORT & DOWNLOAD COMMUNIQUE The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) organized a Stakeholders’ Roundtable that brought key stakeholders in the Niger Delta and beyond together to discuss issues around the constraints of inadequate access to arable land for smallholder farmers. This event was borne out…
Funded by Ford Foundation and implemented between September 2017 and March 2021 in two phases, the 2-year project was piloted in three States – Abia, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers – and in emerging sectors of agriculture, construction, finished leather, ICT, and renewable energy that showed great potential for youth employment according to the labor market assessment conducted in the States.
Join the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on Wednesday, 14 April 2021in a ceremony to officially close out the Niger Delta Youth Employment Pathways (NDYEP) project that has demonstrated model trails for employment through competency based skills training of marginalized youth since 2017.
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) convened a high-level stakeholders roundtable in Asaba on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to address constraints of inadequate arable land for agriculture in the Niger Delta.
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on 23 February 2020, signed an MoU with the German international development agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to develop Nigeria’s human capital for improved access to renewable energy and energy efficiency in Nigeria through the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP).
On Thursday February 4 2021, The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) led by its Executive Director, Dr. Dara Akala visited with the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu and presented a recommended Agricultural Policy for Ondo State as well as an Organizational Review and Assessment of the Ondo State Oil Producing…
Join Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on Tuesday, January 26 at 2:00 pm WAT for a virtual roundtable, as we share our understanding and experience in the upcoming BEAM Grab the mic webinar: How MSD Enhanced Nigerian Farmers’ Resilience to COVID-19. Precincts on economic activity in Nigeria resulting from the COVID-19 virus, endangered smallholder…
November 30, 2020, Zoom: As Nigeria, and by extension the Niger Delta, face the disruptions in the economy resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic that is projected to exacerbate an already challenging situation of food security, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development launched the ‘Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension & Advisory Services Activity’ in the Niger Delta (Specifically in Cross River and Delta States).
Ibadan, 16 November: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) working in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) and the Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and promote a cassava seed system that will trigger the adoption of cassava stems of…
By Charles Fiertz, Nate Haken, Patricia Taft Nasri, Chloe Pan, Nkasi Wodu So far, Nigeria has managed the health aspects of the COVID-19 crisis much better than many countries, certainly better than the United States, based on the number of reported cases and deaths, due to a strong and proactive approach to the prevention of…