What is IPDU? The Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU) is PIND’s response to rapidly changing dynamics on the ground. The IPDU promotes collaboration and synergy amongst existing local, regional, and national efforts of actors in both public and private sectors to address conflict early warning and response, with a focus on gender and youth,…
Promoting Appropriate Technologies (ATs) Appropriate technologies (ATs) are devices that are sustainable, require fewer natural resources and produce less pollution. PIND’s Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) project sources, shares, provides training, and pilots existing and new AT solutions to meet the needs of communities and small businesses in the Niger Delta region. Appropriate Technologies (ATs)…
PIND’s Business Linkages program seeks to promote a business environment in which local small and medium sized enterprises in the Niger Delta can compete in domestic, regional and global markets and can contribute significantly to wealth and job creation in both the Niger Delta as well as nationally. The Challenges Facing the Region’s Small…
Nigeria is the largest cassava producer in the world, averaging an annual production of about 35 million metric tons over the last five years. About one-third of the total national output comes from the Niger Delta region where cassava production, processing, and marketing are widespread activities involving small, medium and large-scale producers and processors. Over…
The fisheries sector is one of the most important sectors in Nigeria, both from an economic and social standpoint. This sector supports about 7 million people (directly and indirectly) and contributes to the livelihood, employment, and household food security of Nigeria’s coastal communities, including the Niger Delta. In the Niger Delta, the fisheries sector is…
We Have Built Internal Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming Throughout 2015, PIND projects and operations personnel were trained, coached and mentored on gender mainstreaming in their different spheres of work. Although gender beliefs and mindsets take time to break, an assessment of the effectiveness of our gender capacity building efforts conducted in October 2015 showed we…
The Leadership Empowerment and Development (LEAD) program is a partnership initiative designed to boost local government service delivery and improve services in Akuku Toru, Khana and Okrika Local Government Councils in Rivers State. This program is an initiative of PIND Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is implemented by Research…
PIND’s value chain projects focus on poverty reduction by applying a market development approach. Each project seeks to create more accessible and inclusive market systems, thereby increasing the economic opportunities for large numbers of the poor and providing a path for them to escape poverty.
PIND worked with United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) in Warri, Delta State, on the pilot for the demonstration pond project to help instill best practices in the lucrative and popular practice of growing catfish. UUFFA is a large cooperative farm with 500 registered small scale commercial fish farmers and more than 2,000 ponds. This program enabled…
