According to the youth assessment study commissioned by PIND and carried out by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) in 2011, a lot of the issues frustrating youth development in the region can be traced to a lack of strong youth leaders, the ability to have realistic expectations for the future and an array of soft skills that…
PIND in partnership with Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency (WECA) and Star Deepwater Petroleum Company Ltd designed a Youth Cassava Enterprise Project which will benefit 40 youths from 18 different local government areas in Ondo State at this pilot stage. This project seeks to stimulate local economic growth and employment of youths by developing the agricultural entrepreneurship…
The objective of this project is to strengthen civil society’s ability to influence the development and implementation of key democratic reforms at the national, state, and local levels and also support increased engagement and efficacy of civil society to influence public institutions whose function it is to serve citizens’ interests. Background The Strengthening Advocacy and…
The Small-Scale Processing Equipment (SSPE) enables farmers and processors to produce palm oil quantities that are of significant commercial value by improving the process of oil extraction from palm fruits with an increase in extraction rate of up to 15%. With this technology, palm oil farmers and processors can better maximise their produce and increase…
Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the Niger Delta region face many key constraints to their competitiveness and potential, some of which include poor technical and business management skills, poor access to finance and weak access to market information, particularly large institutional buyers. Building capacity among local SMEs is therefore critical to developing an enabling…
Our Poultry Linkages Project was designed to provide implementation support to the poultry value chain which will increase local producers’ competitiveness and enable local processors of poultry upgrade meat quality and capacity to increase supply to sophisticated end markets. Objectives include: To facilitate the setting up of modern chicken processing plants and development of out-growers…
In the 1960s, Nigeria was the world’s leading producer of palm oil. Though the country still remains one of the largest producers, it now meets domestic demand through imports. There are two primary types of palm oil – Technical Palm Oil (TPO) and Special Palm Oil (SPO). The Niger Delta’s 9 states account for roughly…
Elections in Nigeria are usually accompanied by violence and unrest consequently, every election season there is an increase in the number of deaths, kidnappings, destruction of public and private properties. PIND in partnership with Academic Associates PeaceWorks implemented a non-violent election project in three States in the Niger Delta – Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States.…
Multi-stakeholder Platforms for Peace building are partnerships that support and enable socio-economic development programs to improve the standard of living for communities in the Niger Delta. These platforms empower communities to achieve a peaceful and enabling environment for equitable economic growth in the Niger Delta. These platforms include: Partners for Peace (P4P) P4P is…
What is P4P? Our Partners for Peace (P4P) project is a platform in the Niger delta where people with different backgrounds and perspectives can come together to understand and address the root causes of conflict and build peace. Through P4P, we seek to build social capital around peace-building and promote peace in the Niger Delta…
