Propcom Mai-karfi

We are committed to making rural and agricultural markets more inclusive and work better for the rural poor.

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We use a market systems development approach to facilitate systemic and sustainable changes in markets in post-conflict regions in Northern Nigeria.

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We invest in understanding and tackling constraints in market systems to unlock opportunities for the rural poor.

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We believe collaborations can enable innovation and drive inclusion across our interventions.

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WHO WE ARE

We are a market systems programme funded by the UK government and implemented across nine locations in Northern Nigeria; including the six post-conflict North-East states. We work to increase incomes for the rural poor by reviving and facilitating access to agricultural and rural markets.

WHAT WE DO

We stimulate sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected rural markets and improve engagement of poor men and women within these market systems by making the markets more inclusive for poor people.

OUR PARTNERS

Our partners cut across private sector businesses, International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and government agencies.

OUR APPROACH

UNDERSTANDING THE
CONSTRAINTS PARTNERSHIPS CSA INCLUSION

Our work starts with identifying constraints in select market systems. Once identified, we devise strategies to tackle those constraints for the benefit of poor women and men.

Partnerships are at the core of our work. We purposefully identify and engage with partners in the private, public and development sectors to open opportunities for players in market systems, especially the rural poor.

Our interventions are designed to increase resilience of and reduce our beneficiaries’ vulnerability to climatic and environmental shocks.

Inclusion is mainstreamed into our programme strategy. We are deliberate in ensuring women’s economic empowerment and including persons with disability across our interventions.

OUR RESULTS

1,506,312

Poor people in Northern Nigeria reached through new goods, services, information and technology.

424,113

Women reached in Northern Nigeria.

1,092,767

Poor people in Northern Nigeria benefitted through increased income.

£ 71,054,639

Additional income for
beneficiaries

125

Partnerships established with the private and public sector.

£ 65,243,284

Additional investment leveraged through private and public sector partners.

NEWS AND ARTICLES

Influencing Financial Policies that Benefit Rural Farmers and Small Businesses

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Towards a Disability Inclusive Programming

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“Today, I am able to financially support my household more. We eat better and I am happier. I have even used some of the money from selling my rice to start rearing ruminants; I recently sold 2 goats at N30,000 each!”

Salamatu Ahmed

Rice Farmer, Jigawa State

“Using the tractor service has saved me a lot of time and reduced the amount I spend hiring labourers and animals to clear my land. It used to take nothing less than 3 days to clear my farmland with 4 labourers but with the tractor the same land is cleared in less than 20 minutes and at reduced cost.”

Hauwa Aliyu

Beneficiary of Propcom’s Tractor intervention from Bauchi State

“If you look at the initial cost of a tractor and the members benefitting from this programme, you cannot find two people who can afford to buy this tractor. These loans help us to acquire new tractors and provide services to farmers who previously find it scarce to access tractors. It benefits the tractor owner and benefits the farmer.”

Alhaji Danladi

Chairman, TOHFAN

“Tractor hiring agent is good business, it [has] impacted on the farmers so much and they always appreciate our work.”

Bashir Saidu

Tractor hiring agent, Bauchi State

“I am now a mentor in my community. Whenever other women visit me and see how big my chickens are, they ask me to teach them so they too can start. I wish more women will practice brooding so they can grow their flock size and make extra money for their family.”

Rabi Gambo

Local Chicken Farmer, Kano State

“Propcom Mai-karfi has been an important partner to AFEX in solving the last mile challenges in making farmers economic actors and reducing the barriers to their competitiveness.”

Ayodeji

Country Manager, AFEX

OUR PARTNERS

20 Port Harcourt Crescent,
off Gimbiya Street Area 11, Garki,
Abuja, Nigeria

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

Tel:+234 (0)805 479 6992

Email:info@propcommaikarfi.org

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Propcom Mai-karfi is funded with UK aid from the UK
government and managed by Palladium.

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We are committed to making rural and agricultural markets more inclusive and work better for the rural poor.

We use a market systems development approach to facilitate systemic and sustainable changes in markets in post-conflict regions in Northern Nigeria.

We invest in understanding and tackling constraints in market systems to unlock opportunities for the rural poor.

We believe collaborations can enable innovation and drive inclusion across our interventions.

OUR APPROACH

OUR RESULTS

NEWS AND ARTICLES

EVENTS

Upcoming Events

Salamatu Ahmed

Rice Farmer, Jigawa State

Hauwa Aliyu

Beneficiary of Propcom’s Tractor intervention from Bauchi State

Alhaji Danladi

Chairman, TOHFAN

Bashir Saidu

Tractor hiring agent, Bauchi State

Rabi Gambo

Local Chicken Farmer, Kano State

Ayodeji

Country Manager, AFEX

OUR PARTNERS

PROPCOM MAI-KARFI

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