| ID: | 82671 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Title: | Nigeria - Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) – November 2023 |
| Description: |
Traditional outdoor slab-drying of cocoa beans in Idanre, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, known as Nigeria’s major cocoa farming area. Idanre is one of the communities that has benefited from the IFAD-supported Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises – Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project, where farmers are trained in good agricultural practices resulting in significant increases in cocoa production. LIFE-ND has provided dry slab structures that offer a faster and more hygienic drying method, preventing contamination from rain and roaming livestock. This method adds value to the processed beans, bringing additional income both to farmers and processors. The IFAD-funded Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises – Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) project in southern Nigeria helps rural youth and women make a living from agriculture. The project uses an incubator model to help unemployed or underemployed rural youth and women develop entrepreneurial skills, enabling them to sustainably enhance their incomes and food security, and embrace agriculture as a business. The goal of LIFE-ND is to transform the rural economy of the oil-rich Niger Delta region by harnessing the potential of agriculture to create income-generating activities for 25,500 rural young people, women-headed households, and people with disabilities (incubatees). Incubatees are mentored by established private-sector incubators along key agricultural value chains. |
| Size: | 18.89 MB; 6720 x 4480 pixels; 569 x 379 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1778 x 1185 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Andrew Esiebo |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Andrew Esiebo |
| Categories: | New from West and Central Africa |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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