1. Food and income programme

Increasing population pressure and reckless use of land in rural areas in Igbo land is reducing the amount of land available for food production. This results in the overuse of the land and lower crop yields, and contributes to a cycle of hunger, poverty and violence.

We have developed a way to reverse this cycle by using the age grade system (an inherent social structure within many communities in Nigeria) and other grassroots and self-help groups to mobilize communities to take greater responsibility for the efficient use of land, for the acquisition of inputs they need for agricultural production and the facilities they need for food processing and marketing.