Community-Based Agricultural and Rural Development Programme

This programme has been launched in eight northern states where poverty is widespread: Jigawa, Kano , Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara in the north-west and Borno and Yobe in the north-east. It builds on IFAD’s previous experience of implementing community-based projects in the northern states of Sokoto and Katsina, and its objective is to help the most vulnerable groups improve their incomes and living conditions, and break out of the cycle of poverty. The programme targets a large section of the rural population, especially those whose main activities relate to agriculture: women, landless people, nomadic pastoralists, and small-scale farmers or those with only marginal lands. It is designed to empower these groups to participate in development activities. Specifically the programme works to:

• promote awareness and build capacity of public and private sector service providers to respond to the needs of poor rural women and men
• empower poor communities to manage their own development and support vulnerable groups
• improve agricultural practices, resolve conflicts between farmers and pastoralists and intensify crop and livestock production
• develop or upgrade safe water supplies, environmental sanitation, irrigation, and health and education facilities

 

Source: IFAD

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In this section Project overview Documents Contact information Mr. Bukar Tijani Programme Coordinator CBARDP Olusegun Obasanjo Drive, GRA, PMB 2168, Katsina Nigeria Tel: + 234 65 433971 Fax: +234 65 433972 btijani2002@yahoo.co.uk Facts and figures Total cost: US$101.6 million IFAD loan: US$29.9 million Duration: 2003-2010 Geographical area: 8 northern states Directly benefiting: 400,000 households Status: ongoing Partners Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development International Development Association