Scoping Study of the Niger Delta Electricity Value Chain
The goals of this study are to inform future potential NDPI and PIND programming in the Niger Delta power sector through investigating, analyzing, and drawing conclusions on the sector’s fundamental dynamics in relation to the national grid and formal privatization context, off grid solutions, and self-generation. Where might there be opportunities for new approaches, business […]
Assessing the Social Stabilization and Conflict Mitigating Opportunities and Constraints Present in PIND’s Aquaculture Value Chain Project
This study examines The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta’s (PIND’s) aquaculture pilot project at the Ufuoma Fish Farm in Warri, to determine how the project currently contributes to social stabilization, ways in which it might increase stabilization, and potential opportunities for enhancing stabilization beyond the aquaculture program. To answer these questions, Mercy […]
PIND Briefing – Aftermath of Presidential Amnesty Programme in Niger Delta – August 2015
In 2009, after over three years of intensive militancy activities and violence in the Niger Delta which saw the nation’s oil production capacity drop to an all-time low, President Yar’Adua declared the Presidential Amnesty Programme. The programme provided amnesty from prosecution for ex-militants in return for the surrender of arms, and ongoing financial incentives to […]
Fish Feed Market Study
This study on the catfish feed market in Delta State was carried out to get a better understanding of the supply and demand sides for feed, whether farmers were able to easily access feed and the range of factors affecting the overall cost of feed as an input into the production of catfish. View full […]
Catering Services and the Poultry Industry Value Chain in the Niger Delta
This report was commissioned as part of an initiative of the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) Foundation’s initiative to promote inclusive economic growth inside the Niger Delta. Its objective is to analyze the value chain for poultry products inside the Niger Delta, and to identify avenues where actions can be taken to facilitate […]
Participant Perception Of The Effectiveness Of The Rivers Songhai Initiative In The Niger Delta
This is the second case study conducted as part of the Models of Development and Experiential Learning (MODEL) pilot project, which will serve as a compendium of analyses of development interventions. This study is based on data obtained from a household survey of Rivers Songhai Initiative (RSI) participants, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews with […]
Analysis Of Community-Driven Development In Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region
The Models of Development and Experiential Learning study is a collaborative effort between AGI, PIND and NISER. This first pilot case study of the Models of Development and Experiential Learning (MODEL) project evaluates the factors that contributed to the success of the Akassa Development Foundation (ADF), a bottom-up, community driven development project involved in developing […]
Identification and Analysis of Traditional Gender Norm and their Impacts on Equitable Socioeconomic Development
The household is a basic unit of society where men and women both cooperate and compete for resources. It is also a primary place where they confront and reproduce societal norms, values, power, and privileges. Under increasing economic pressure, men in many parts of the world have lost their traditional occupations and jobs, and women […]
Technical Skills Mapping for Accelerated Technology-Based Socioeconomic Development
PIND commissioned a study to map technical skills requirements for technologically driven development programme for the Niger Delta region. This study underscores the importance of Science and Technology for development, the policies that can maximize its benefits at the region level, and the strategic approaches that development partners can adopt to help accelerate the growth […]
Introducing the Palm Oil Scoping Study
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 […]
