Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

March 15, 2024

Cross River State Plans a 7-Year Strategic Framework for Plantation Crops , Inaugurates Executing Committee

  The government of Cross River State in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, has prioritized three plantation crops—oil palm, cocoa, and coffee along with their economic value […]
March 14, 2024

NDDC Forms Alliance with Rice Farmers Association Forms Alliance to Sustain Food Security in the Niger Delta

In a proactive move to ensure food security in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has forged a partnership with the Rice […]
March 11, 2024

Food Production in the Niger Delta: Rivers State Commits to Boosting Investment in Cassava Processing Factory.

Rivers State Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has promised increased investment in the state’s cassava processing factory, located in Oyigbo Local Government Area, to bolster […]
February 29, 2024

The Niger Delta’s Oil Economy: From Palm to Crude

Before the era of crude oil, Nigeria’s economy thrived on agricultural exports, with palm oil playing a central role. Palm oil, derived from the fruit of […]
February 6, 2024

NDDC to Boost Niger Delta’s Agro-exports with $20 Million Investment

The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC is taking measures to prevent the looming food crisis threatening the economy, even as the region’s Agric sector records impressive […]
September 21, 2023

Digitalisation: FG, NDDC, others transforming agriculture entrepreneurship in Niger Delta

Nigeria has shown what digitisation can do in its job creation scheme in agricultural entrepreneurship for youth and women in the Niger Delta. This was demonstrated […]
May 19, 2021

Communique Issued at end of the High-level Roundtable on Addressing the Constraints of Inadequate Land for Agriculture

  INTRODUCTION The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) organized a Stakeholders’ Roundtable that brought key stakeholders in the Niger Delta and […]
November 5, 2020

[Policy Brief] Access to Agricultural Land in Abia State

  By Oteheri Akinruntan   Background Land, which is central to the economy, social and political spheres of community, society, and the nation at large is […]
July 28, 2020

AATF pioneers electricity generation from Cassava waste

  Severe challenges associated with electricity generation in Sub- Sharan Africa (SSA) may soon be a thing of the past following the formation of a consortium […]
October 9, 2019

Akwa Ibom to Increase Investment in Agriculture

  The Akwa Ibom state government is set to increase its investments in the agricultural sector. This was disclosed by the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, who […]
October 7, 2019

What Nigeria is Missing by doing Agriculture Wrong

  Nigeria as a country is still heavily dependent on crude oil exports for income. Income used for debt servicing, infrastructural development and other capital and […]
June 3, 2019

PIND Foundation Set to Revive Cocoa Plantations, Productivity in Five Years

By Oluwaseun Akingboye Akure — Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has fashioned a five-year plan to revitalize cocoa productivity by rejuvenating existing […]