| ID: | 82672 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Title: | Nigeria - Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) – November 2023 |
| Description: |
Abosede Ogunronbi Adetoke, 32, crafts medicinal soap she makes from discarded cocoa pod shells. Abosede was previously jobless but learned through training from the LIFE-ND project to utilize discarded cocoa pod shells, locally sourced palm oil, and other natural ingredients to produce medicinal soap. She crafts around 2,000 bars monthly, selling each for 500 naira at local markets. Moreover, she passes on her skills by teaching two young women the art of soapmaking and marketing. Now, she can afford to provide her family with three meals a day and purchase the clothes she always desired but couldn't afford. "Before, I didn’t have a job. Now I am making money by selling soap. Too much money! I wasn’t even able to feed myself. Now, I can help others." 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: | 18.72 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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