CO-Nigeria AJF Crop Diversity WAF

About this project

The project aims to support small-holders farmers in Mali and Nigeria facing cascading crisis of insecurity, climate change and biodiversity loss. The project focuses on locations that are highly vulnerable, remote, heavily affected by climate change and violent conflicts, and people often struggle to cover basic needs, which leads to dependency on emergency aid. The project will work with both men and women farmers, with particular focus on engaging young farmers. Through this project an estimated 1200 smallholder farmers will be supported directly, while benefiting approximately 10,000 households indirectly. Between 40 percent of participating farmers will be women, and 20 percent youth. For smallholder farmers, seed is the most fundamental resource, access to high-quality, diverse seeds is essential for: - Enhancing crop productivity and agricultural biodiversity - Improving food and nutrition security - Strengthening resilience to climate change - Ensuring livelihood continuity season after season By engaging farmers in seed productionat community level the project provides sustainable access to good-quality diverse seeds for enhanced agricultural productivity, food and nutrition security. Project activities and outcomes are: - Improved seed supply in project sites through community level seedproduction - Providing a diversity of crops and varieties to farmers to enable them to cope better with climate change. - Livelihood diversification resulting in increased household…

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Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Nigeria

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07636-03:NG.

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