We also partner with business and technical organizations, government agencies, universities and research institutions, development banks, and local communities engaged in economic development. Our areas of expertise include technical assistance on:

·         Vegetables Postharvest Subsector Study (Nigeria Scoping Mission)

·         Aflatoxin control measures in maize and groundnut production and postharvest;

·         Agricultural Innovation Platforms (in the context of integrated agricultural research for development – IAR4D);

·         Crop Value Chain Development and Sector Mapping;

·         Brokering of postharvest market and access to industrial consumers for agricultural production systems;

·         Preparation of Package of Practice (user-friendly field guide for agricultural extension workers, farmers, and development trainers);

·         Ecosystem Economics (e.g. Payment for Ecosystem Services, and sustainable natural resources management);

·         Development Finance (e.g. programme-related investment, microfinance, microfinance, and creative rural financial services);

·         Inventory credit (Warrantage) initiatives for smallholder farmers to address postharvest losses or storage problems;

·         Microenterprise development (SMEs or MSMEs), agro-processing enterprises and technologies;

·         Development Research (pre-project sector study, project impact assessment, etc)

·         Organization Development, Appreciative Inquiry;

·         Development Planning & Programme/Project Management;

·         Knowledge Management and Communications: Technical Assistance and Assessment of.

Development Input Ltd was incorporated in January 1994 and has since facilitated planning, implementation and evaluation of various economic development programs, projects, policies and services in Nigeria and other West African countries.

In recent years (2008 – 2017) our company implemented various consultancy activities in partnership with international organizations, including: (i) the defunct Natural Resources International Ltd; (ii) the Research Into Research Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; (iii) CABI; (iv) IFAD-funded Value Chain Development Programme; (v) the IFAD-funded Rural Financial Institution-Building Programme (RUFIN-Nigeria); and several other reputable entities.

Development Input Ltd operates on the principles of holistic development, and the perspective that economic security is both an end and a means of facilitating social, political and human development, peace-building and sustainable environmental stewardship.

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