| ID: | 82688 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Title: | Nigeria - Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) – November 2023 |
| Description: |
Idane hills in Idanre town, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, is known as the hub of Nigeria’s major cocoa cultivation area. The IFAD-supported LIFE-ND project helps cocoa farmers in the area improve their farming techniques. Through Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) such as accurate fertilizer and pesticide use, as well as advanced cultivation methods, farmers, who are central to the cocoa value chain, boost both production and quality. This initiative has resulted in a substantial increase in cocoa yield and improved lives for Idanre's farmers. 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: | 11.88 MB; 5464 x 3070 pixels; 463 x 260 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1446 x 812 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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