Rice Post-Harvest Processing and Marketing Pilot Project in Nasarawa and Niger States (RIPMAPP)

The quality of domestic rice is improved in the target states.

COUNTRY/REC Nigeria

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD September 2011 - September 2015

PROJECT SITE Nasarawa, Niger

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 JICA

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 0 0 0
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 0 - 0
Project Goal

The quality of domestic rice is improved in the target states.

Project Objectives

 Identify measures to promote distribution of high-quality domestic rice

Develop and improve rice grading standards for domestic rice

Enhance the capacity of the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP)

Enhance the capacity of small-scale rice millers, parboilers and rice farmers.

Project Outputs

Measures to promote distribution of high quality domestic rice are identified.

Rice grading standards for domestic rice is improved.

Capacity of ADP staff regarding training implementation on marketing, post -harvest, and business management is enhanced.

Capacity of small-scale rice millers, parboilers, and rice farmers on post-harvest and business management is enhanced.

Project activities

Provision of training and provide technical guidance to ADP personel

Dissemination of achievements to non-targeted small-scale rice millers, parboilers and rice farmers

Examination of market demands, distribution channel, quality and price trends of rice

Capacity development of smallscale rice millers, parboilers and rice farmers

Training on post-harvest techniques, rice value chain, marketing, agricultural cooperatives

Training on Machinery

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools