Reflections on #NDDF2017
PIND Deputy Executive Director Tunji Idowu listens in on a session at NDDF 2017 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
Missed #NDDF2017?
Read all the best tweets with insights and photos from the event here. We even recorded some of the proceedings for you.
PIND, MADE Put Niger Delta Development in Focus at Nigerian Economic Summit
On October 11, 2017, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Market Development Project in the Niger Delta (MADE) teamed up with the Nigerian Economic Summit’s Sustainability Policy Commission to sponsor a breakout session at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja themed “Low Carbon Investment Opportunities for Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) in Niger Delta Communities”.
How Great Has the Mechanical Adjustable Harvester Been for Farmers?
Our Palm Oil team has been hard at work these past few years, promoting the use of the Mechanical Adjustable Harvester and the Malaysian Knife. Technology has been a huge challenge to farmers across all agricultural sectors.
Naira Devaluation and Agriculture in the Niger Delta: the Way Forward
PIND and the DFID-funded Market Development Program in the Niger Delta (MADE) collaborated to produce a report on the impact on the recent naira devaluation and import tariffs on agriculture in the Niger Delta.
Inspiration for Niger Delta Development from the AfDB Agripreneur Forum
As part of this event, the Brazil-Africa Institute in collaboration with IITA and AfDB will also sponsor 30 youth to be trained in Brazil this year
Improving Cassava Cultivation in the Niger Delta
PIND Market Development Officer for Cassava Faith Soya has been traversing the region in her work to expand the use of cassava farming best practices promoted as part of the demonstration plot intervention. Here, she makes observations on the work done so far and shares her hopes for the direction of the project in months…
Collaborations for Environmental Sustainability: A Note on World Earth Day
We did a World Earth Day event on the 24 April, 2017, at our Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Center on the premises of our Economic Development Center in Warri, Delta State. It was a day full of interesting discussions with educationists, climate change activists, agriculturalists, students, and everyone in between. In this post, Florence…
Training Women Journalists to Contribute to Peacebuilding and Stability in Rivers State
The media has a role to play in raising public awareness on development, stability and growth in the region. This is why our Capacity and Peace building teams collaborated with the Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) to organize a 3-day training on ‘Conflict and Gender Sensitive Reporting’
Turning Insects into Food!
(For fish and chickens anyway) Anyone who does livestock or fish farming will tell you that one major driver in the cost of fish and chicken in markets across Nigeria is the cost of…