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(1) Report of Community Participatory Assessment of Government Expenditure on Agriculture (National and States)/Development of Community Score Cards on Smallholder Women Farmers Access to Agricultural Insurance Services in Nigeria
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) is implementing Phase 3 of the Public Financing of Agriculture (PFA). The Phase 3 which is designed to strengthen and deepen Public Financing of Agriculture project, seeks to address the challenges of low voice and participation of Smallholder Women Farmers in agricultural policy making processes at local, state, and national levels. It also focuses on issues of poor access and control over land and low spending on smallholder agriculture by the government at all levels and little support to smallholder women farmers. These include lack of access to agricultural credit and finance; business development and advisory services, women-friendly Agricultural extension and market access, technology, crop insurance, etc.

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(2) STUDY ON THE POTENTIALITIES TO INTRODUCE INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ADAPTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN JERE, MONGUNO AND KUKAWA LGAs
Action Against Hunger has been operating in Nigeria since 2010 in Jigawa, 2014 in Yobe and 2015 in Borno States of Nigeria congruently responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sector strategy in both humanitarian interventions (Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), and now transiting to recovery and building resilience of communities, institutions and individuals mostly affected by the ongoing hostilities. The protracted conflict in North East (NE) Nigeria has increased population vulnerability to displacement, destruction, loss of livelihoods, malnutrition, food insecurity, inadequate health services, and poor sanitation since 2009.

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(3) END OF PROJECT EVALUATION OF RURAL WASH SECTOR SUPPORT IN ABIA AND CROSS RIVER STATES
Partners for Development (PfD) initially signed a 24-month Sub-Agreement with Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF) to implement Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector Support Project in Abia and Cross River States from 01 December 2016 through 30 November 2018, which was subsequently, extended through15 February 2019. PfD collaborated with the Governments of Abia and Cross River States to implement this project that was co-funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), through the Water and Development Alliance (WADA) to improve and expand access to safe, affordable, sustainable and reliable water, sanitation, and hygiene services in rural communities.

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