Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project

About this project

The development objective of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project for Nigeria is to improve productivity, commercialization, and resilience of targeted livestock production systems in Nigeria. The project comprises of five components. The first component, institutional and innovation system strengthening will strengthen the policy and institutional foundations for improving the performance and governance of the livestock sector, with due regard to the needs for climate change adaptation and mitigation. It consists of following sub-components: (i) support to policy formulation, planning, and capacity strengthening; (ii) support to animal husbandry and advisory support services; and (iii) support to animal health services strengthening. The second component, livestock value chain enhancement builds on herd-level improvements in productivity arising from investments under Component 1 (improved breeds, animal health, and GAHPs) to expand overall production of meat and milk and reduce imports of those commodities. It consists of following sub-components: (i) support to market linkages and market development; (ii) support to increased access to finance; and (iii) support to selected livestock service centers. The third component, crisis prevention and conflict mitigation will address the most proximate causes of herder-farmer conflict: the declining quantity and quality of resources (water and rangeland), constrained access to resources, and declining social c…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Nigeria

Sectors

Livestock/veterinary servicesMulti-hazard response preparednessSocial protection and welfare services policy, planning and administration

Places

Zaria, Wawa, Sapele, Nguru, Kontagora, Illela, Damasak, Biu, Beli, Shendam and 6 more

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Accountable

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P160865.

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