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,…
PIND is already implementing interventions in aquaculture, cassava, poultry, and palm oil sectors. With some of the interventions attaining full maturity and reaching scale, PIND is now expanding into the cocoa sector. The cocoa sector has growth potential and ability to increase income and employment. Within 5 years, PIND’s vision is that the cocoa industry…
Oil extraction and production has been a key driver of conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has occasionally erupted in violent protests against oil companies over issues relating to community development, compensation for damage caused by oil spills and other oil-related environmental hazards. These agitations and protests sometimes spark violence and…
The service provider’s model is one of PIND’s new market development approaches for boosting economic opportunities and reducing poverty for thousands of farmers and SMEs.
This briefing examines the senatorial zoning system in Rivers and outlines the challenges and drivers of insecurity specific to each senatorial district going into the 2019 elections. Download report below: [wp_mb_plugin_download instance=”1″ password=”” buttonname=”Download” name=”Preventing Election Violence in Rivers State” datetime=”September 5, 2018 – 9:45 pm” other=”v.1.7 (PIND)” atagseo=”tag”]https://pindfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Conflict-Briefing-Preventing-Election-Violence-in-Rivers-State-FINAL.pdf[/wp_mb_plugin_download]
PIND and its partner, Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), conducted a labour market assessment for youth employment in Abia, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, to map the community of stakeholders concerned with youth unemployment within Abia, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States, showing their key constraints and explaining national and subnational economic, demographic, and social trends impacting…
This report aims to highlight the different forms and drivers of domestic violence in the Niger Delta, with a particular focus on Rivers state. Through greater awareness and engagement on the issue across sectors, community leaders, policy makers and practitioners work together to address the underlying drivers of domestic violence, as well as strengthen prevention…
From February 26 – 28, 2018, PIND facilitated a Capacity Building for Local Empowerment (CAPABLE) Market Systems Development training in Benin, Edo State, for profit and non-profit organizations and service providers in the Niger Delta. This was a follow-on training to the CAPABLE Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) training which held in Akure,…
This conflict brief provides a snapshot of the trends and patterns of organized criminality and political violence in the Niger Delta and examines the security and risk implications of organized crime on the upcoming 2019 Nigerian general elections in the region. DOWNLOAD Organized Crime in the Niger Delta: Implications for the 2019 Elections (6384 downloads…
This study examines the current structure of the fish feed sector, with a view to updating market players on how the sector works and what changing dynamics have occurred in the last five years in the various channels for fish feed supply into the Niger Delta. It goes further to identify major constraints and opportunities…