PIND selected the Palm Oil Value Chain as one of the three major agricultural streams within its Economic Development programme in the Niger Delta over the next several years. A detailed assessment of the Palm Oil Value Chain was commissioned in 2011. It identified and recommended the Palm Oil Value Chain as an opportunity that…
Throughout the third quarter of 2012, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) made significant progress in ramping up existing projects and getting new ones underway. Several of the key milestones in the quarter included PIND’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) to…
Since its establishment in 2010, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has focused on improving the lives of the Niger Delta people. PIND began with a vision for change and, in the short time since its inception, has become an organization with the capability to turn vision into reality. In this…
Taking a unique approach, Partners for Peace (P4P) emphasizes the catalyzing of loose networks across all key stakeholder groups in the Niger Delta to encourage collaboration and promote best practices in effective peacebuilding. As envisioned, these grassroots networks will be self-sustaining, with PIND playing a role in finding synergies and promoting the voices of network…
Throughout the second quarter of 2012, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) achieved various milestones in its effort to promote equitable economic growth in the Niger Delta, with one of the most significant being the May 9th commissioning of PIND’s Economic Development Center (EDC) in Warri. Other noteworthy achievements include the…
Throughout the first quarter of 2012, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) made significant strides in getting new projects underway and developing existing partnerships. In this edition of the quarterly report, PIND features various milestones the foundation achieved during January – March 2012 including, but not limited to, the progress made…
As part of PIND’s commitment to promoting a deeper understanding and awareness of the Niger Delta through research development, PIND conducted an economic opportunities analysis to highlight major sectors of potential pro-poor economic growth and three value chain studies to diagnose the underlying constraints to achieving that growth. The findings from these analyses serve as…
The first value chain study focused on Aquaculture in the Niger Delta – one of the most important growth sectors in the region. The study highlighted the very large growing and unmet demand for fish in the country and the clear opportunities for aquaculture to respond to that demand. Constraints affecting the aquaculture value chain…
PIND’s second value chain analysis focused on Nigeria’s cassava sector. Nigeria is the largest cassava producer in the world, averaging an annual production of about 35 million mt over the last 5 years, yet it is a major importer of processed cassava products, especially starch. About one-third of the total national output comes from the…
PIND’s third value chain analysis examined the Palm Oil sector. Nigeria was the world’s leading producer and exporter in the 1960s, however, since then the country has fallen to being a net importer to meet growing domestic demand, especially for higher quality oils and fractions. The value chain study concluded that growing the size of…