Nigeria Food Security Support

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Project Detailsx

Client: CADA Energy
Location: Taraba State, Nigeria
Category: Solar

Project Overviewx

  • Description:CADA Energy has recently donated over 15 Million Naira(₦) towards Sustainable Rice Farming Development to bolster Food Security in Northern Nigeria.

  • In alignment with Nigeria’s Global Food Security Strategy, CADA’s donation will help develop a Taraba State based Sustainable Rice Farm to help accelerate and scale a 7-Point Focus for Food Security:

    1. Help galvanize programs like the African Development Bank’s $540million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone initiative through private-sector engagement and collaboration with the host government.
    2. Increase the productivity and competitiveness of rice value chains and markets
    3. Capacity Building of local Small to Medium Agri-businesses
    4. Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture and Agri-Voltaics (Solar)
    5. Developing innovative farm income diversification (Carbon Markets)
    6. Ensuring inclusive development by including women, youth, and the disabled
    7. Leveraging networks to ensure collective action