| Reporting Organization: | Oxfam-Quebec |
|---|---|
| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ Unspecified |
| Timeframe: | March 21, 2016 - March 31, 2022 |
| Status: | Fermé |
| Contact Information: |
[email protected] |
Unspecified
| Nigeria - $ 0 (100.00%) | |
| Food Security & Agriculture (75 %) | |
| Economic Development & Empowerment (10 %) | |
| Nutrition (15 %) | |
This initiative aims to improve the lives and incomes of 10,000 poor and vulnerable farming households (approximately 80,000 people) through agriculture-driven economic growth. The project is providing training and related technical support in modern farming methods to farmers in order to increase yields for selected commodity and livestock value chains. The project also aims to improve the business environment to make it more favourable for farmers, women and youth. Project activities seek to increase market access, generate employment and improve nutrition for vulnerable women and children.
| Gender and age: | Adolescent females Adolescent males Adult women Adult men Under-5 children Children, girls Children, boys Newborns Older adults, women Older adults, men |
|---|---|
| Total Direct Population: | 80,000 |
| 103 | Village savings and loans associations established |
| 18 | Processing centres provided with support |
| 2,948 | Training participants supplied with agricultural inputs |
| 300 | Women trained to improve household nutrition |
| 432 | People trained in gender equality |
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased farm yields and market access for female, male and young farmers engaged on selected commodity and livestock value chains; (2) improved nutrition for vulnerable women and children; (3) improved business environment that is more favourable for farmers, women and youth.
Results achieved up to March 2021 include:
1) Support for rural livelihoods and agriculture reached more than 12,000 direct beneficiaries (72% of which were women) and approximately 150,000 indirect beneficiaries.
2) The enrollment of over 15,400 people (73% of which were women) has been facilitated for village, loans and savings groups, providing poor rural people with financial literacy training and access to credit to develop their micro-businesses.
3) Sixty (60) influence platforms have been set up in six local government zones to help communities assert their priority rights and needs with local government actors and the private sector.
4) More than 900 women from vulnerable farm households have been trained on improving household nutrition, and over 9,000 women received home gardening kits to mitigate food security risks exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
