The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Project for the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) is a project of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) designed in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The LIFE-ND project will run for six years with a loan of ten million dollars per state — which would help an estimated four thousand small holder farmers benefit from the programme in the state. LIFE-ND program is basically to promote agriculture businesses for the youths.
Participating States: 9
IFAD States: Abia, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo & Ondo
NDDC States: Akwa Ibom, Imo & Rivers
TARGET BENEFICIAIRES – LIFE-ND Programme
LIFE-ND will primarily target 38,250 (LIFE-ND – 25,500 + NDDC – 12,750) youth and women beneficiaries as Incubatees (Trainees) that will come out of the Incubation System with their own profitable enterprises; 26,775(70%) smallholder farmers and 11,475 (30%) processors/marketers, and eventually serve as Incubators themselves. It will also target about 900 (LIFE-ND – 600 + NDDC – 300) established and potential enterprise Incubators as a pathway for job creation and economic empowerment of the beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries will be youth aged 18 to 35 years and women-headed households with children under the age of 15. Overall, 19,125 male youth (50%) and 19,125 women (50%) [female youth 60% (11,475) and women-headed households 40% (7,650)].
The beneficiaries will be selected at the village level, while Incubators will be identified on the basis of their involvement in market linkage activities; adoption of the out-grower model; experience in the incubation of new enterprises; and technical, financial, managerial and infrastructure capacity to mentor the assigned Incubatees (Trainees) to apprentices.
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