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Utiang Ugbe
Country coordinator
RIU Nigeria
RIU Nigeria
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3,000 widows supported through RIU Nigeria capacity building of ADA
1 March 2011
One of the ways we have addressed social exclusion is through working with Abanbeke Development Association (ADA) - a membership association for rural widows in Obudu, Cross Rivers State. The association seeks to break the social and economic barriers that hinder the development of widows, orphans and other people in need by empowering women to take action to attain economic self-reliance and overcome barriers such as lack of...
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Triple bagging programme improve on the use of chemicals to preserve cowpeas from weevil infestation faced by cowpea farmers and marketers. November 2010 (6:50)
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This section reviews the impact that RIU Nigeria has had in terms of policy and practice - together with two case study reports reviewing the impact of the RIU investment.
 
The RIU Nigeria programme has made some significant impact on supporting women through its innovation platforms.
 
RIU Nigeria carried out two major exercises to capture the learning. In November 2010 they held a learning event and in May 2011 a write-shop was held in May 2011 to capture Lessons and case stories from RIU Nigeria.
The complete document is available here, with individual sections for easier downloading available on the RIU Nigeria Lessons and case stories page.
  Lessons and case stories from RIU Nigeria
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May 2011 (PDF 1.5MB)
 
 
 
 
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