ATED Demonstration Centre: A Learning Hub for Appropriate Technologies
Use of old fashioned methods for production and processing rather than efficient technologies is a constraint to value chain actors in the region.
BUSINESS LINKAGES: Expert Service Providers, Increased Competitiveness, More Sales for the Region’s Small Businesses
Medium, Small and Micro-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) face myriads of challenges that inhibit their competitiveness.
CASSAVA: Input Companies and Agro-Dealers Increased Adoption of Good Agronomic Practices and Access to Inputs
Common constraints faced by cassava farmers in the Niger Delta include lack of access to and improper use of fertilizers and other crop protective products, poor knowledge of correct weed management practices and improved high yielding stem varieties and poor agronomic practices in general.
PALM OIL: Agro Equipment Dealers and Fabricators Improved Palm Oil Harvesting and Processing Efficiencies
When we forayed into the palm oil sector in 2012, we found palm oil farmers were losing about 50% of their available fresh fruit bunches (FFB) for processing due to shortage of and high cost of hiring climbers who face serious health and safety hazards from climbing the palm trees.
AQUACULTURE: Pool of Aquaculture Service Providers Improved Fish Farmers’ Agronomic & Business Practices
Under aquaculture, PIND’s strategy remains facilitating aquaculture service providers (ASPs) to make a business out of selling services to new and existing fish farmers on business skills and best pond management practices.
OUR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS PERFORMANCE
Smallholder farmers’ businesses tend to fall below their profit potentials because of poor agronomic practices and lack of access to new technologies and market.