Zero Base Budgeting Training Workshop, 2016

....the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Budget Office of the Federation Organized a training on Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB) and Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) for Planning and Budget Officers in all MDAs from 23rd - 25th August, 2016.

....the basic of the Medium Term Sector Strategy is about bringing out your priority projects that would yield outcomes and impacts.

....working with a group of professionals makes learning easier and quick

....the ZBB ensures that every budget is treated as new project, so as to check wastage and encourage adequate utilization of Federal Government Funds.

Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP)

Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP)

....this is an initiative by CBN aimed at increasing local production, supply of feedstock to processors of commodities, reduce import bills and conserve foreign reserves. Under the Scheme Anchor Companies (Processors) will work with Out-growers involved in production. The finance model will involve the Anchor Firms, CBN and NDE will organize the Out-growers and ensure that they comply with contractual terms agreed at a Stakeholders town hall meeting.

....the NDE will be the Platform through which small-holder farmers (Out-growers) participating as registered Co-operatives are organized into clusters and linked to anchor firms.

NDE's Role is to

    ......Identify a Commodity in which the State has comparative advantage;  Register small-holder farmers into Co-operatives; Register the co-operatives (if not already done); Organize the registered Co-operatives by clusters; Engage participating banks, input-suppliers, off-takers and NAIC; Ensure individual farmers open Bank Accounts with participating Banks (all Out-growers should have a BVN); Compute Average Cost of Production of 1Ha of the commodity (please note that this will be agreed upon at the town-hall meeting) as the loan package; Organize the town-hall meeting with all stake-holders present to agree on the MOU which will be signed; Set-up the Project Management Team (PMT); Organize training; Execute the MOU and implement Monitoring & Compliance.

Stakeholders include:

·         NDE (Platform)/Organizer

·         CBN  representative in the State

·         Anchor miller

·         Off-takers

·         Input Suppliers

·         Farmer Co-operatives (especially women & youths)

·         All Farmers Association in the State

·         Farmers Association of the crop of choice

·         Representative of NAIC

·         Representative of Ministry of Co-operative/Agric

·         Representative of participating Banks

Thanks

Faruq F. (B.Eng) 

NDE's Special Workshop: Grants Sourcing

NDE's Grant Sourcing & Writing Special Workshop 

The Directorate organized a special workshop for selected staff on grants writing, to hold at TopView Hotel, Zone 5, Abuja. The Workshop is to last for three days, with Five (5) modules intensively focused on developing writing skills, information gathering & use, advanced follow-ups of grants application, solicited and unsolicited grants, amongst others. 

The Ag DG of the NDE in his opening remark during the opening ceremony, reiterated the Federal Government's commitment to proper partnerships for empowerment and employment. 

The Resource Persons are Management Alliance Limited

The workshop started on the 3rd April and it's to end 6th April, 2016 with a unit and a team inaugurated to manage grants proposals, grants monitoring, etc.

Thanks
Faruq F. (B.Eng)

CFTP 2015: "more than a developmental project"

CFTP 2015- more than a developmental project
 
....the Commercial Farming Training Project, 2015 has proved to be more than the conventional agricultural development projects. 

using a baseline of crops with comparative advantage per State, needs analysis per community and presence of available farming technologies per geo-political region, the Project has survived and succeeded the 1st quarter of the Nigerian Economy Stagnation, 2016. 

if the Market Gardening and Irrigation technology provided by the National Directorate of Employment has trained 25 persons on Commercial Vegetable Farming for the markets, then we all agree that the demand is up-most for vegetable in the dry, hot season around the Country.

also, if the demand for farm Broilers is to meet the demand of the 1st quarter of 2016, this would be a miracle, hence the choice for Commercial Broiler Production was not in vain.

this technique demonstrated by the Officers of the Rural Employment Promotion Dept, of the NDE demands full recognition and applause, as we carry out policies based on research and feedback mechanisms.   

the beneficiaries at the end were fully resettled and hence began their projects ahead of the loan repayment periods, this is to enable them save enough for uncertainties in the future and meet certain market demands related to festivals.

 thanks.

faruq f. (b.eng, agric & bioresources engineering)
REPO I
 

Compliance Check for the Commercial Farmers Training Project, 2015

.......the project which is aimed at training young, rural farmers at production and processing (with standards) farm produce of export grade, is carrying out her compliance check exercise, since the resettlement of over 600 beneficiaries with about NGN 260,000.00 each,  for Broiler Meat production and Market Gardening and Irrigation.

........i was assigned to Taraba and Adamawa States and it was a very successful check, as all NDE, REP Projects are working in line with proper directives and results show impact on the immediate communities and the environments, towards having a huge population of productive youths in the country.

thanks!

faruq f. (b.eng)
REPO I

Attached pictures of the accident i survived during my journey, en-route Taraba from Benue, some few kilos from